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The Murder Machine
I’ve always wondered about the hype around AI but it’s become clear what its true role will be–surveillance, counterinsurgency and murder. Israel is a world leader in high-tech and AI, but much of it was developed with the blood and … Continue reading
Surveillance is the business model
In Surveillance Valley, Yasha Levine, challenges conventional wisdom and says that the Internet was actually founded by the US government as part of their counterinsurgency program in Vietnam. The US government wanted to build a connected computer system that … Continue reading
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Tagged Cold War, control, corporate censorship is government censorship, counterinsurgency, cryptography, fake news, gig economy, Gil-Scott Herron, Internet, One Market Under God, precariat, privacy apps, propaganda, Signal, Silicon Valley, social media, surveillance, Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet, The Phoenix Program, The Revolution Will not be Televised, Thomas Frank, Tor, Vietnam, Yasha Levine
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Won’t end well
Lately, I’ve detected a certain sense of malaise among my fellow citizens. In my opinion, it’s long been apparent that this won’t end well. Take the stock market, the indicator that our elite reliably depict as proof of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Clinton, Case/Deaton, Democratic Party, extreme poverty, opioid crisis, President Reagan, Republican Party, school shootings, stock market, suicide, Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet, Wall Street, wall street crash, war on labor, won't end well, Yasha Levine
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