Results for "technocracy"

The Law of Rule

As viewers and listeners of The Corbett Report will know by now, it's official: Canada has criminalized dissent. Yes, Paul Rouleau—the judge appointed by the Canadian government to lead the Public Order Emergency Commission examining the Canadian government's decision...

The REAL Dangers of the Chatbot Takeover

It's official: the chatpocalypse is upon us! Just ask our <sarc>friends</sarc> over at The New York Times: "A Conversation With Bing's Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled" Or consult the <sarc>experts</sarc> over at digitaltrends: "'I want to be...

Who is Behind the Great Food Reset?

Last week we looked at the ways that an engineered food crisis (or the perception of a crisis) is being used as an excuse to reengineer our food supply. From cricket powder dumplings and bug burgers to GMOs and glyphosate to bioreactors and designer microbes to...

November Open Thread 2022

Alright, you know the drill by now (or maybe you don't!): it's the first weekend of the month, so it's time to open the monthly open thread. Do you want to discuss the latest news from around the world? Hankering for a lively discussion about philosophy or history or...

How Palantir Conquered the World

Imagine a company that knows everything about everyone. A company that is equally at ease helping banks identify fraud as it is helping intelligence agencies track down enemies of the state. A company that can combine pictures of you with your cell phone location...