Ehm, gosh. This just now curdled my oatmeal's yogurt AND the cream in my coffee. I mean, I've been aware of this movement since it was you made me aware of the manipulations of Cambridge Analytica, with the all-too willingness of that skeevy dweeb whose name starts with 'Zuck'. It is to you, Carole, that my gratitude extends for giving me the insight to burn down my scant-used FB page AND my 'Prime membership' right after I read of their 'work'. What i didn't know was that Michael Flynn's sticky fingers were in that soup, too. All of my Boomer assumptions about 'progress' and 'future' are tossed into the woodchipper. Which would be a good place for most of what emanates from.Nigel Farrage, but, the enemy of enemy...
Another interesting Anglo writer who's singing from the same hymnal is Paul Kingsnorth, presently here in the Midwest discussing his new book, "Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity". Remarkable insights on the commodification of humanity and the annihilation of, well, our humanity to that end.
Fortunately for me, I have two full cords of deadfall oak and ash to split and stack for warmth this winter and a pleasant little stove in which to burn it for warmth. But I still have to get at it.
I am starting to see connections between the Broligrachy and all the previous iterations of the nomenklatura: impostors who are used to having influence and who would otherwise not survive successfully in a free world are propping up authoritarian regimes out of self-interest. AI is only a puppet they use to remain relevant.
The Right deliberately twists words to control people and destroy knowledge. Studying human genetic diversity in the field of Biological Anthropology proves that race does NOT exist. [see eg Gravlee 2009] In fact, 85% of human genetic variation is found in the African continent. A Botswanan is more genetically distinct from, say, an Ugandan than a White European is from a Chinese person. Why? Because humans in the diaspora outside Africa are descended from a tiny group that left the continent 50K years ago. Biological anthropologists use clines to describe human genetics—ancestry blends without lines.
The Right is trying to destroy people’s knowledge of evolution. Remember that psychologists do NOT study evolution. “Evolutionary psychology” is trash pseudoscience used for sales and marketing purposes. Philosophers do NOT study evolution. Historians do NOT study evolution.
And yet we have a whole bunch of academics with PhDs, male anatomy, and skin that burns quickly in the sun trying to revive “scientific racism” by calling it “human biodiversity.” They wrote a book called War on Science, and like most products of White Christian Nationalism, they are projecting their own war on factual science: studying human genetic diversity disproves race as a biological fact.
Wait, you say, aren’t there atheist contributors to that book? Why, yes! So why would they band together with a White Christian Nationalist publisher? [see Friendly Atheist’s Substack article/videos.] Because the Right is all about White Supremacy. The words “civilization,” “classical,” and “western” have all been twisted to mean “White” and to justify European colonialism. Hence Hegseth’s and GHF “aid workers’” Crusader tattoos. The “learned,” credentialed men who contributed to this “War on Science” book must be White Supremacists.
You know who else deliberately twists word meanings? CULT LEADERS. White Supremacy is a cult.
The more I learn about the TechBroligarch mentality, AI and the overall evil they seek to set upon the planet, the more I edge myself into becoming like the Luddite "Indians" from Aldus Huxley's "Brave New World," who were people that turned away from the madness that technological nightmares had wrought upon the world.
I’ve been only experimenting with AI for weeks, not months, and I already feel overwhelmed by it. My background is in comms, so I started to compare how Claude, Gemini and CHATGPT reply and develop the same initial request. It’s incredible: they can talk so much rubbish that sounds reasonable, that we need to already know the answers to spot the lies, which defeats its purpose altogether. My main concerns now: how it’s going to affect our children (uni kids without previous experience of analogic ways of slow-learning) and, more importantly, how societies redefine the concept of Knowledge beyond our techniques to acquire it. We seem to be at a time in which we may lose what we have accumulated, if it loses its value. I’m seeing everywhere offers of alternative paths of education that describe university as outdated. I have a lot to criticise of different countries higher education systems, but I find that the new credibility of Mickey Mouse alternatives - whether online schools or super-high-tech buildings owned by guys with rich connections - are making dents at what we as a whole had agreed to consider knowledgeable enough to guide us. Without trust in them, we can descend into chaos.
You wrote about Yarvin (emphasis mine) "In his view, *we’d be better served* with a leader who’s a CEO, or as he sometimes puts it, a '“monarch” where the state is some sort of ‘joint stock corporation’. "
We have to make clear what that means. Yarvin and his acolytes seem to believe that the purpose of humanity is to bring about the singularity, and society should be optimised to that goal, and people are a waste of energy unless they advance that goal.
If the public understood this, the broligarchy would have a very different public image. Surveillance would be seen as motivated by worse intention than advertising.
Yup. It's been 3-4 years back as I came to understand the depth of the depravity of this 'movement', I'd suggested to a friend that I was beginning to consider using the internet with the same care I'd uncase my dad's Remington 12 gauge, and poke 3 rounds of birdshot in the magazine. I'm now coming to understand this about the techbro internet: it's loaded, there's one in the chamber, it's got a hair trigger and the safety isn't reliable. A lot of potential for damage. And who benefits? Not us.
The October 18, 2025 protest is drawing nigh. I made a batch of 126 protest signs for you and your group. Have a printing company do these for you! Here they are:
was the live video at noon available only to paid subscribers? I signed in to listen and waited as people signed in and then abruptly "this video has ended" came up and that's all that comes up now. Some of us can't afford to subscribe. But we still have a stake in knowing these things. Thank you!
I realise you may not access meta products but if you can watch this I would recommend it! My 14 year old stepson uses ChatGBT for so many things it’s utterly terrifying. https://www.instagram.com/share/_rulbLEwi
Ehm, gosh. This just now curdled my oatmeal's yogurt AND the cream in my coffee. I mean, I've been aware of this movement since it was you made me aware of the manipulations of Cambridge Analytica, with the all-too willingness of that skeevy dweeb whose name starts with 'Zuck'. It is to you, Carole, that my gratitude extends for giving me the insight to burn down my scant-used FB page AND my 'Prime membership' right after I read of their 'work'. What i didn't know was that Michael Flynn's sticky fingers were in that soup, too. All of my Boomer assumptions about 'progress' and 'future' are tossed into the woodchipper. Which would be a good place for most of what emanates from.Nigel Farrage, but, the enemy of enemy...
Another interesting Anglo writer who's singing from the same hymnal is Paul Kingsnorth, presently here in the Midwest discussing his new book, "Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity". Remarkable insights on the commodification of humanity and the annihilation of, well, our humanity to that end.
Fortunately for me, I have two full cords of deadfall oak and ash to split and stack for warmth this winter and a pleasant little stove in which to burn it for warmth. But I still have to get at it.
Winter's coming. Thanks for what you do.
Tim Long, Just Up the Hill from Lock 15.
I am starting to see connections between the Broligrachy and all the previous iterations of the nomenklatura: impostors who are used to having influence and who would otherwise not survive successfully in a free world are propping up authoritarian regimes out of self-interest. AI is only a puppet they use to remain relevant.
Your work is so powerful, the truths you uncover so sweeping and important to our communities and society. I am always in awe.
The Right deliberately twists words to control people and destroy knowledge. Studying human genetic diversity in the field of Biological Anthropology proves that race does NOT exist. [see eg Gravlee 2009] In fact, 85% of human genetic variation is found in the African continent. A Botswanan is more genetically distinct from, say, an Ugandan than a White European is from a Chinese person. Why? Because humans in the diaspora outside Africa are descended from a tiny group that left the continent 50K years ago. Biological anthropologists use clines to describe human genetics—ancestry blends without lines.
The Right is trying to destroy people’s knowledge of evolution. Remember that psychologists do NOT study evolution. “Evolutionary psychology” is trash pseudoscience used for sales and marketing purposes. Philosophers do NOT study evolution. Historians do NOT study evolution.
And yet we have a whole bunch of academics with PhDs, male anatomy, and skin that burns quickly in the sun trying to revive “scientific racism” by calling it “human biodiversity.” They wrote a book called War on Science, and like most products of White Christian Nationalism, they are projecting their own war on factual science: studying human genetic diversity disproves race as a biological fact.
Wait, you say, aren’t there atheist contributors to that book? Why, yes! So why would they band together with a White Christian Nationalist publisher? [see Friendly Atheist’s Substack article/videos.] Because the Right is all about White Supremacy. The words “civilization,” “classical,” and “western” have all been twisted to mean “White” and to justify European colonialism. Hence Hegseth’s and GHF “aid workers’” Crusader tattoos. The “learned,” credentialed men who contributed to this “War on Science” book must be White Supremacists.
You know who else deliberately twists word meanings? CULT LEADERS. White Supremacy is a cult.
The more I learn about the TechBroligarch mentality, AI and the overall evil they seek to set upon the planet, the more I edge myself into becoming like the Luddite "Indians" from Aldus Huxley's "Brave New World," who were people that turned away from the madness that technological nightmares had wrought upon the world.
Thank you, Carole. Respect and appreciation for all your commitment and professionalism.
I’ve been only experimenting with AI for weeks, not months, and I already feel overwhelmed by it. My background is in comms, so I started to compare how Claude, Gemini and CHATGPT reply and develop the same initial request. It’s incredible: they can talk so much rubbish that sounds reasonable, that we need to already know the answers to spot the lies, which defeats its purpose altogether. My main concerns now: how it’s going to affect our children (uni kids without previous experience of analogic ways of slow-learning) and, more importantly, how societies redefine the concept of Knowledge beyond our techniques to acquire it. We seem to be at a time in which we may lose what we have accumulated, if it loses its value. I’m seeing everywhere offers of alternative paths of education that describe university as outdated. I have a lot to criticise of different countries higher education systems, but I find that the new credibility of Mickey Mouse alternatives - whether online schools or super-high-tech buildings owned by guys with rich connections - are making dents at what we as a whole had agreed to consider knowledgeable enough to guide us. Without trust in them, we can descend into chaos.
You wrote about Yarvin (emphasis mine) "In his view, *we’d be better served* with a leader who’s a CEO, or as he sometimes puts it, a '“monarch” where the state is some sort of ‘joint stock corporation’. "
We have to make clear what that means. Yarvin and his acolytes seem to believe that the purpose of humanity is to bring about the singularity, and society should be optimised to that goal, and people are a waste of energy unless they advance that goal.
If the public understood this, the broligarchy would have a very different public image. Surveillance would be seen as motivated by worse intention than advertising.
Yup. It's been 3-4 years back as I came to understand the depth of the depravity of this 'movement', I'd suggested to a friend that I was beginning to consider using the internet with the same care I'd uncase my dad's Remington 12 gauge, and poke 3 rounds of birdshot in the magazine. I'm now coming to understand this about the techbro internet: it's loaded, there's one in the chamber, it's got a hair trigger and the safety isn't reliable. A lot of potential for damage. And who benefits? Not us.
Tim Long, Just Up the Hill from Lock 15.
There was a piece investigating a ChatGPT session history that ended in suicide on the Undivided Attention podcast: https://your-undivided-attention.simplecast.com/episodes/how-openais-chatgpt-guided-a-teen-to-his-death-U6udm7xG
That sounded like he was groomed too.
Thanks Carol
We are at such a crossroads with definitions potentially redefined in the missing elements of humanity in AI and fake mantras are everywhere
I was disappointed to have the live offering on AI delusion quit before it even started. Was looking forward to hearing more on this.
The October 18, 2025 protest is drawing nigh. I made a batch of 126 protest signs for you and your group. Have a printing company do these for you! Here they are:
http://bit.ly/46WY4Ru
was the live video at noon available only to paid subscribers? I signed in to listen and waited as people signed in and then abruptly "this video has ended" came up and that's all that comes up now. Some of us can't afford to subscribe. But we still have a stake in knowing these things. Thank you!
I realise you may not access meta products but if you can watch this I would recommend it! My 14 year old stepson uses ChatGBT for so many things it’s utterly terrifying. https://www.instagram.com/share/_rulbLEwi
H.S. Chamberlin enters the chat.