Lawrence Nault | Stone & Signal
@mountainhermit.bsky.social
📚 Author | 🎙️ Podcaster | 🎥 Filmmaker
Stories from the quiet edges—cli-fi to AI, youth-led futures to ancient fires.
✨ Stone & Signal podcast | The Life of Phi | Draconim series
Stories from the quiet edges—cli-fi to AI, youth-led futures to ancient fires.
✨ Stone & Signal podcast | The Life of Phi | Draconim series
"The sky belongs to no nation, yet it shelters us all." L.Nault
#UniversalTruth #SharedWorld #Unity #CommonGround #HumanityFirst
#UniversalTruth #SharedWorld #Unity #CommonGround #HumanityFirst
February 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
"The sky belongs to no nation, yet it shelters us all." L.Nault
#UniversalTruth #SharedWorld #Unity #CommonGround #HumanityFirst
#UniversalTruth #SharedWorld #Unity #CommonGround #HumanityFirst
"Every injustice denied writes its own prophecy of return." L. Nault
#JusticeMatters #Accountability #Consequences #SystemicChange #Truth
#JusticeMatters #Accountability #Consequences #SystemicChange #Truth
February 16, 2026 at 3:19 PM
"Every injustice denied writes its own prophecy of return." L. Nault
#JusticeMatters #Accountability #Consequences #SystemicChange #Truth
#JusticeMatters #Accountability #Consequences #SystemicChange #Truth
The last century stored its atrocities in ink, paper, and film.
You couldn’t delete them quietly.
Today we document everything —
inside systems owned by people who profit from the chaos.
The internet made memory a battlefield.
The digital world makes history editable.
#DigitalMemory #MediaLiteracy
You couldn’t delete them quietly.
Today we document everything —
inside systems owned by people who profit from the chaos.
The internet made memory a battlefield.
The digital world makes history editable.
#DigitalMemory #MediaLiteracy
February 12, 2026 at 5:59 PM
The last century stored its atrocities in ink, paper, and film.
You couldn’t delete them quietly.
Today we document everything —
inside systems owned by people who profit from the chaos.
The internet made memory a battlefield.
The digital world makes history editable.
#DigitalMemory #MediaLiteracy
You couldn’t delete them quietly.
Today we document everything —
inside systems owned by people who profit from the chaos.
The internet made memory a battlefield.
The digital world makes history editable.
#DigitalMemory #MediaLiteracy
X publishing its algorithm is the modern equivalent of the Catholic Church publishing its Bible.
“This is the doctrine. Speak this way. Structure thought like this. Follow these rules to be seen.”
Visibility becomes salvation.Suppression becomes excommunication.
#AlgorithmicPower #DigitalDoctrine
“This is the doctrine. Speak this way. Structure thought like this. Follow these rules to be seen.”
Visibility becomes salvation.Suppression becomes excommunication.
#AlgorithmicPower #DigitalDoctrine
February 11, 2026 at 1:53 PM
X publishing its algorithm is the modern equivalent of the Catholic Church publishing its Bible.
“This is the doctrine. Speak this way. Structure thought like this. Follow these rules to be seen.”
Visibility becomes salvation.Suppression becomes excommunication.
#AlgorithmicPower #DigitalDoctrine
“This is the doctrine. Speak this way. Structure thought like this. Follow these rules to be seen.”
Visibility becomes salvation.Suppression becomes excommunication.
#AlgorithmicPower #DigitalDoctrine
"The Earth does not need us to save it. It needs us to stop betraying it." L. Nault
#StopBetrayal #EnvironmentalAction #ClimateJustice #EarthCare #SustainableLiving
#StopBetrayal #EnvironmentalAction #ClimateJustice #EarthCare #SustainableLiving
February 10, 2026 at 11:20 PM
"The Earth does not need us to save it. It needs us to stop betraying it." L. Nault
#StopBetrayal #EnvironmentalAction #ClimateJustice #EarthCare #SustainableLiving
#StopBetrayal #EnvironmentalAction #ClimateJustice #EarthCare #SustainableLiving
"We are not separate from the Earth; we are its memory walking." L. Nault
#EarthMemory #ConnectedToNature #EnvironmentalCare #Interconnected #PlanetEarth
#EarthMemory #ConnectedToNature #EnvironmentalCare #Interconnected #PlanetEarth
February 1, 2026 at 2:48 PM
"We are not separate from the Earth; we are its memory walking." L. Nault
#EarthMemory #ConnectedToNature #EnvironmentalCare #Interconnected #PlanetEarth
#EarthMemory #ConnectedToNature #EnvironmentalCare #Interconnected #PlanetEarth
"Every generation inherits both the debts and the dreams of the one before it." L. Nault
#GenerationalWealth #InheritedDreams #LegacyMatters #SocialJustice #FutureGeneration
#GenerationalWealth #InheritedDreams #LegacyMatters #SocialJustice #FutureGeneration
January 31, 2026 at 11:00 PM
"Every generation inherits both the debts and the dreams of the one before it." L. Nault
#GenerationalWealth #InheritedDreams #LegacyMatters #SocialJustice #FutureGeneration
#GenerationalWealth #InheritedDreams #LegacyMatters #SocialJustice #FutureGeneration
"The river teaches us that persistence is stronger than force." L. Nault
#PersistenceWins #RiverOfLife #Strength #NatureWisdom #FlowWithPurpose
#PersistenceWins #RiverOfLife #Strength #NatureWisdom #FlowWithPurpose
January 31, 2026 at 12:12 AM
"The river teaches us that persistence is stronger than force." L. Nault
#PersistenceWins #RiverOfLife #Strength #NatureWisdom #FlowWithPurpose
#PersistenceWins #RiverOfLife #Strength #NatureWisdom #FlowWithPurpose
"Silence can heal, but it can also conceal. Learn which kind of silence you are carrying." L. Nault
#SilenceIsntAlways #HealingJourney #SelfAwareness #EmotionalIntelligence #MindfulnessMatters
#SilenceIsntAlways #HealingJourney #SelfAwareness #EmotionalIntelligence #MindfulnessMatters
January 29, 2026 at 11:41 PM
"Silence can heal, but it can also conceal. Learn which kind of silence you are carrying." L. Nault
#SilenceIsntAlways #HealingJourney #SelfAwareness #EmotionalIntelligence #MindfulnessMatters
#SilenceIsntAlways #HealingJourney #SelfAwareness #EmotionalIntelligence #MindfulnessMatters
"What we restore says more about us than what we destroy." L. Nault
#Restoration #Sustainability #CommunityAction #MutualCare #ProgressiveValues
#Restoration #Sustainability #CommunityAction #MutualCare #ProgressiveValues
January 28, 2026 at 10:38 PM
"What we restore says more about us than what we destroy." L. Nault
#Restoration #Sustainability #CommunityAction #MutualCare #ProgressiveValues
#Restoration #Sustainability #CommunityAction #MutualCare #ProgressiveValues
Platforms aren’t neutral tools.
They’re systems of authority.
I’ve published a pre-print on Zenodo arguing that platforms now function as infrastructural religions — governing visibility, legitimacy, and exclusion through algorithms and enforcement, not belief.
zenodo.org/records/1840...
They’re systems of authority.
I’ve published a pre-print on Zenodo arguing that platforms now function as infrastructural religions — governing visibility, legitimacy, and exclusion through algorithms and enforcement, not belief.
zenodo.org/records/1840...
Platforms as Infrastructural Religions: Authority, Visibility, and the Migration of Social Control into Code
This pre-print reframes large-scale digital platforms as systems of social authority rather than neutral communication tools, arguing that they now perform functions historically associated with organ...
zenodo.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Platforms aren’t neutral tools.
They’re systems of authority.
I’ve published a pre-print on Zenodo arguing that platforms now function as infrastructural religions — governing visibility, legitimacy, and exclusion through algorithms and enforcement, not belief.
zenodo.org/records/1840...
They’re systems of authority.
I’ve published a pre-print on Zenodo arguing that platforms now function as infrastructural religions — governing visibility, legitimacy, and exclusion through algorithms and enforcement, not belief.
zenodo.org/records/1840...
Reposted by Lawrence Nault | Stone & Signal
I don’t share poems like this often.
I wish I didn’t have to share this one.
The Credence War
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
I wish I didn’t have to share this one.
The Credence War
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
The Credence War
It’s been a while since I’ve shared a Sunday morning poem.
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I don’t share poems like this often.
I wish I didn’t have to share this one.
The Credence War
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
I wish I didn’t have to share this one.
The Credence War
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
I don’t share poems like this often.
I wish I didn’t have to share this one.
The Credence War
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
I wish I didn’t have to share this one.
The Credence War
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
The Credence War
It’s been a while since I’ve shared a Sunday morning poem.
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I don’t share poems like this often.
I wish I didn’t have to share this one.
The Credence War
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
I wish I didn’t have to share this one.
The Credence War
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
AI isn’t gaining power because it’s intelligent.
It’s gaining power because it’s treated as authoritative.
This isn’t ritual worship.
It’s worship by deference.
#AI #DigitalPower #Infrastructure
It’s gaining power because it’s treated as authoritative.
This isn’t ritual worship.
It’s worship by deference.
#AI #DigitalPower #Infrastructure
January 24, 2026 at 2:28 PM
AI isn’t gaining power because it’s intelligent.
It’s gaining power because it’s treated as authoritative.
This isn’t ritual worship.
It’s worship by deference.
#AI #DigitalPower #Infrastructure
It’s gaining power because it’s treated as authoritative.
This isn’t ritual worship.
It’s worship by deference.
#AI #DigitalPower #Infrastructure
TikTok’s forced sale was framed as protection from China.
What followed was consolidation of data power under a U.S. authoritarian regime—with more draconian control than before.
This was never about safety.
It was about jurisdiction.
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
What followed was consolidation of data power under a U.S. authoritarian regime—with more draconian control than before.
This was never about safety.
It was about jurisdiction.
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
Platforms Are the Dominant Religions of Our Time
From belief and doctrine to algorithms and visibility
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:11 PM
TikTok’s forced sale was framed as protection from China.
What followed was consolidation of data power under a U.S. authoritarian regime—with more draconian control than before.
This was never about safety.
It was about jurisdiction.
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
What followed was consolidation of data power under a U.S. authoritarian regime—with more draconian control than before.
This was never about safety.
It was about jurisdiction.
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
"Sometimes the greatest act of defiance is to care in a world that profits from apathy." L. Nault
Follow the words that move you. BUY MY BOOKS.
#DefyApathy #CareMatters #ActOfKindness #ResistIndifference #LoveOverProfit
Follow the words that move you. BUY MY BOOKS.
#DefyApathy #CareMatters #ActOfKindness #ResistIndifference #LoveOverProfit
January 19, 2026 at 9:47 PM
"Sometimes the greatest act of defiance is to care in a world that profits from apathy." L. Nault
Follow the words that move you. BUY MY BOOKS.
#DefyApathy #CareMatters #ActOfKindness #ResistIndifference #LoveOverProfit
Follow the words that move you. BUY MY BOOKS.
#DefyApathy #CareMatters #ActOfKindness #ResistIndifference #LoveOverProfit
People say we’re on the verge of World War III.
That assumes war still looks like borders and body counts.
What if we’re already inside it—
a systemic war fought through platforms, narrative control, and belief?
Essay:
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
#MediaCriticism #Geopolitics
That assumes war still looks like borders and body counts.
What if we’re already inside it—
a systemic war fought through platforms, narrative control, and belief?
Essay:
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
#MediaCriticism #Geopolitics
We Are Not on the Verge of World War III
We Are Living Inside a Platform Crusade
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:56 PM
People say we’re on the verge of World War III.
That assumes war still looks like borders and body counts.
What if we’re already inside it—
a systemic war fought through platforms, narrative control, and belief?
Essay:
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
#MediaCriticism #Geopolitics
That assumes war still looks like borders and body counts.
What if we’re already inside it—
a systemic war fought through platforms, narrative control, and belief?
Essay:
open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
#MediaCriticism #Geopolitics
"We do not own the Earth. We borrow it from the generations who will remember what we did here." L. Nault
#ProtectThePlanet #FutureGenerations #Stewardship #EnvironmentalResponsibility #LeaveALegacy
#ProtectThePlanet #FutureGenerations #Stewardship #EnvironmentalResponsibility #LeaveALegacy
January 13, 2026 at 1:42 AM
"We do not own the Earth. We borrow it from the generations who will remember what we did here." L. Nault
#ProtectThePlanet #FutureGenerations #Stewardship #EnvironmentalResponsibility #LeaveALegacy
#ProtectThePlanet #FutureGenerations #Stewardship #EnvironmentalResponsibility #LeaveALegacy
Platforms are the dominant religions of our time. Algorithms replace scripture. Metrics replace virtue. Terms replace commandments. Moderation replaces clergy. “Guidelines” replace doctrine. Exile replaces damnation. You don’t leave—you’re excommunicated from visibility.
#Algorithms #DigitalEthics
#Algorithms #DigitalEthics
January 7, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Platforms are the dominant religions of our time. Algorithms replace scripture. Metrics replace virtue. Terms replace commandments. Moderation replaces clergy. “Guidelines” replace doctrine. Exile replaces damnation. You don’t leave—you’re excommunicated from visibility.
#Algorithms #DigitalEthics
#Algorithms #DigitalEthics
"When the last tree falls, no amount of currency will buy shade." - L. Nault
Follow the words that move you. Buy my books.
#ProtectNature #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalJustice #ActNow #SaveOurPlanet
Follow the words that move you. Buy my books.
#ProtectNature #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalJustice #ActNow #SaveOurPlanet
January 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
"When the last tree falls, no amount of currency will buy shade." - L. Nault
Follow the words that move you. Buy my books.
#ProtectNature #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalJustice #ActNow #SaveOurPlanet
Follow the words that move you. Buy my books.
#ProtectNature #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalJustice #ActNow #SaveOurPlanet
We keep arguing about “AI” as if it has a stable definition.
It doesn’t—and it won’t—because “intelligence” is a moving target, and every definition depends on where someone’s work (or fear, or incentives) intersects with the tech.
#AI #Language #MediaLiteracy
It doesn’t—and it won’t—because “intelligence” is a moving target, and every definition depends on where someone’s work (or fear, or incentives) intersects with the tech.
#AI #Language #MediaLiteracy
January 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
We keep arguing about “AI” as if it has a stable definition.
It doesn’t—and it won’t—because “intelligence” is a moving target, and every definition depends on where someone’s work (or fear, or incentives) intersects with the tech.
#AI #Language #MediaLiteracy
It doesn’t—and it won’t—because “intelligence” is a moving target, and every definition depends on where someone’s work (or fear, or incentives) intersects with the tech.
#AI #Language #MediaLiteracy
"Nature doesn’t rush, yet it outlives every empire." L. Nault
#NatureWins #Patience #Timeless #EndlessWisdom #NatureKnowsBest
#NatureWins #Patience #Timeless #EndlessWisdom #NatureKnowsBest
January 4, 2026 at 10:44 PM
"Nature doesn’t rush, yet it outlives every empire." L. Nault
#NatureWins #Patience #Timeless #EndlessWisdom #NatureKnowsBest
#NatureWins #Patience #Timeless #EndlessWisdom #NatureKnowsBest
Some creator markets rise because creators sink.
I’ve been calling this pattern the deep-end dynamic: when creators swim harder and deeper to survive.
I unpack it here:
https://lawrencenault.substack.com/p/the-deep-end-dynamic
#CreativeLabor #Publishing #PlatformEconomy
I’ve been calling this pattern the deep-end dynamic: when creators swim harder and deeper to survive.
I unpack it here:
https://lawrencenault.substack.com/p/the-deep-end-dynamic
#CreativeLabor #Publishing #PlatformEconomy
The Deep-End Dynamic
Why some markets rise as creators drown
lawrencenault.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Some creator markets rise because creators sink.
I’ve been calling this pattern the deep-end dynamic: when creators swim harder and deeper to survive.
I unpack it here:
https://lawrencenault.substack.com/p/the-deep-end-dynamic
#CreativeLabor #Publishing #PlatformEconomy
I’ve been calling this pattern the deep-end dynamic: when creators swim harder and deeper to survive.
I unpack it here:
https://lawrencenault.substack.com/p/the-deep-end-dynamic
#CreativeLabor #Publishing #PlatformEconomy
If we’re building AI to replicate our intelligence, what does that make us?
The question isn’t sentience.
It’s whether we’re correctable.
That’s the uncomfortable center of Children of the Rogue.
The question isn’t sentience.
It’s whether we’re correctable.
That’s the uncomfortable center of Children of the Rogue.
January 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
If we’re building AI to replicate our intelligence, what does that make us?
The question isn’t sentience.
It’s whether we’re correctable.
That’s the uncomfortable center of Children of the Rogue.
The question isn’t sentience.
It’s whether we’re correctable.
That’s the uncomfortable center of Children of the Rogue.
"What resists being commodified is usually what keeps us human." L. Nault
#StayHuman #ResistCommodification #Humanity #AuthenticLiving #WhatMatters
#StayHuman #ResistCommodification #Humanity #AuthenticLiving #WhatMatters
December 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"What resists being commodified is usually what keeps us human." L. Nault
#StayHuman #ResistCommodification #Humanity #AuthenticLiving #WhatMatters
#StayHuman #ResistCommodification #Humanity #AuthenticLiving #WhatMatters