Sociotechnical gremlin. Swarm intelligence egregore. Magitek knight. Combat librarian. Bearer of the cursed knowledge.
Rogue information scientist, researcher, & technologist. MLIS.
vortex egg, cyberoccult investigator
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I think the truth might be a bit more disturbing yet: the open statements of white supremacy have not harmed his business interests. Investors seem aware—they simply don't care.
Pogroms as a Service (PaaS)
The key thing to understand about leading visions of the future is that it is a big club and you are not in the club.
He's selling tickets for safety inside his Tesladome but not all are invited—in fact, it's necessary that the threat of outsiders be as acute as possible.
They have realized that the myths about tech they (do not) develop, give them a form of power that even states cannot resist; and they are all to giddy to use it for their own ideological ends (mostly a flavor of fascism).
Haven't seen the online white supremacist space get this amped up in a minute. Makes total sense, though: the racist riots in Belfast are the exact sorts of scenes that appear in their daydreams. They're hoping things escalate further, believing it'll trigger a racist "awakening" they get to lead.
Canada has introduced new legislation to regulate social media companies and LLMs — taking aim at CSAM and violence-encouraging chatbots — with penalties up to 5% of the company's global revenue if they refuse to comply.
