Technocracy would go further than merely using technical means to govern people, such as surveillance equipment or armoured cars for crowd control; in the true sense of the word technocracy, devices such as AI-robots would be the means of governance.
Technocracy, Fear-Mongers, and the Conspiracy Read Journal Article
The bureaucracy will have to slough off its meaningless bits, the parts that only communicate with other bureaucracies, and the fewer bureaucrats that are left around means the less chance they will invent new work for themselves.
Can DOGE Handle the Bureaucratic Imperative? Read Journal Article
Meta’s dismantling of its fact-checking program – announced by Zuckerberg as a “cultural tipping point towards prioritizing speech” – reads like a quiet footnote to what may be one of the most staggering violations of fundamental rights in recent memory.
The Cost of Facebook’s Now-Repudiated Censorship Read Journal Article
The extent of the cover-up remains unknown, but Moderna, headed by CEO Stéphane Bancel, disregarded federal law requiring companies to report “summary results information, including adverse event information, for specified clinical trials of drug products” to clinicaltrials.gov.
The Trump Administration Must Bring Moderna to Heel Read Journal Article
As the swearing-in of the 119th Congress draws near, those of us suffering from debilitating adverse Covid-19 vaccine reactions, as well as our non-injured supporters, must prepare to push harder than ever before.
Congress’s Golden Opportunity for Reform Read Journal Article
Bram Stoker’s classic Dracula (1892) was written as a Victorian-style moralizing tale of sin and its consequences. The novel would become a bestseller largely due to its lascivious imagery and terrifying plotline that fed into every anxiety over morality, science, and public health, much less kick off a century and a quarter of vampire films.
Nosferatu in the Wake of the Covid Experience Read Journal Article
What record labels achieved manually in hip-hop—identifying, redirecting, and commodifying authentic expression—would become the template for digital control. Just as executives learned to transform street culture into profitable products, algorithms would soon automate this process at global scale.
Does this sound to you like a public health emergency worthy of the legacy media’s recent exhumation of discredited Covid-era fear-mongers like Dr. Leana Wen and Dr. Deborah “Scarf Lady” Birx?
The Pandemic Planners Come for Hoof and Hen…and Us Again Read Journal Article
Could this be the impetus to establish a vertically and horizontally integrated Community of Practice for Health Care Professionals, providing them with the tools for self-organization and self-governance Ostrom noted were the hallmarks of successful management of Common Pool Resources?
Health and Health Care: A Common Pool Resource? Read Journal Article
When was the last time you talked with a young person about what it means to live a good life as it is conceived of outside the parameters of economic gain or the game of acquiring reputation chits?
“Temporary” programs in Canada and America rarely benefit their existing populaces. Here’s hoping the incoming Trump administration takes heed of Canada’s abject failure to rein in its permanent “temporary” population and reins in the policies that impoverish the native citizenry.
Institutional credibility must be earned through rigorous analysis rather than assumed through authority. As Kennedy approaches real institutional power, expect these attacks to intensify—a clear signal of just how much the guardians of our manufactured consensus have to lose.
