Or the Adderall wears off? 😁

We love stories, even when they don't have an ounce of truth.

Most people tend to believe in a cosmic contest between good and evil. This belief primes most people for conspiracy theories. Who doesn't want to be on the side of the angels, or maybe even the messiah? 🤷‍♂️

Or, is that what they want you to believe? 🙂

Standing in line, marking time
Waiting for the welfare dime
'Cause they can't buy a job
A man in a silk suit hurries by
As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes
Just for fun he says, "Get a job"

--Bruce Hornsby, 1986

Just read "Capitalist Realism" by Mark Fisher. This quote seems aligned with Fisher's notion that neoliberals think they have a more bare-knuckles understanding of "the way things are."

The irony is these neoliberals prove utopian in their conviction that a self-regulating economic system exists.

"Please pass the salt and pepper or I won't taste any of this."

This article and your new book made me wonder whether Dr. Fatima is right, that there is an embedded notion of technocratic management in all systems of design and control. For example, are Theil, et al. just a more politically effective iteration of Technocracy, Inc.?

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I go for the low-hanging fruit of doing what doesn't shame me, and that let's me sleep at night.

It will come sooner than anyone thinks.

Come on venous insufficiency, work your magic!
#IsHeDeadYet

I'm getting flashbacks to what Andrew Keen said about amateurs and the internet.

He was generally right.

It's surprising how we have adjusted our expectations downward, especially in the realm of journalism and science.

I guess it's Skechers again this year. 🙂

Funny.

I did not realize it until just this moment, The Family has an eery similarity to the satirical Christmas cult in One Battle After Another.

Did you consult? 😁

That was truly an excellent article!
#TheAIGrift

I was reminded of this. 😁

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You can't disagree with Kant. 🙂

So, American white people are Wilhelmine Germany? Hey, didn't Wilhelmine Germany have a corporal in its ranks who later rose to prominence in politics?
#ItHasHappenedHere

The social construct of whiteness is helluva drug.