Thanks again Slick! You must also have forgone social media as a way of learning years ago, and seen the zombification as an outside observer. My personal solution is to stay grounded in printed media, attend gatherings of people in real life several times a week, and serve others in the real world. All those done collectively could end their power over us, short of nationalizing all of Big Tech under an elected government of the people.
Depends what we call a social media, if Substack is one I do get some info / learning from there hehe
Lower trust in sources means we need more discernment. Staying grounded in reality is part of that; nothing beats real connection for the community creatures we are!
Tell me something I don’t know, “Slick.” So now I “like” you and write this and feed the fucking algorithm another little nugget. Thanks for the opportunity to hang myself. We should meet for coffee before the black helicopters (I guess they’re all just drones now) notice us. Carry on! Solidarność!
Thanks for the article, Slick! Do you have a follow up? What do we do?
Our system has driven us to constant Flight or Fight mode for so long it creates complacency. Leaving everyone looking for ways to make their life easier. Opening them up to what you’ve described.
So the question is, how do you get people to relax their nervous system? The solution I propose is give them easy, ways to start rediscovering their agency and power. I write about it in my Substack. I’d love to get your perspective.
I do have a couple follow-ups and a third one in the making; you may enjoy today's piece on Nietzsche, gnosis, and escaping the enclosure. The follow-up is in the making, and I'll get into the more practical side as well (and looking forward to reading your piece on it)
Wow, what an excellent article. Meticulous analysis of the customized cages of voluntary subjugation.
You're absolutely right, this world would surprise the hell out of Huxley. He would be shocked at how simple it has been for "Them" to create this Technocratic Neo-Fudalistic dystopia without any real resistance.
As he said, "...we are in the process of developing a whole series of techniques which will enable the controlling oligarchy, who have always existed and presumably will always exist, to get people actually to love their servitude. This is the, it seems to me, the ultimate in malevolent revolutions shall we say…”
That part of his predictions was definitely spot on. 😒
I still think authentic resistance will never be futile. People are definitely going to need to do more than just wake up though. People will need to see through the layers of simulacra and illusions to know what they actually need to resist.
To effectively resist a technocracy the resistance will need to be analog.
That's almost a positive version when the alternative is *The Matrix*. You're still a resource, but not the main character (except you, Neo. Where you been?)
Thanks again Slick! You must also have forgone social media as a way of learning years ago, and seen the zombification as an outside observer. My personal solution is to stay grounded in printed media, attend gatherings of people in real life several times a week, and serve others in the real world. All those done collectively could end their power over us, short of nationalizing all of Big Tech under an elected government of the people.
Depends what we call a social media, if Substack is one I do get some info / learning from there hehe
Lower trust in sources means we need more discernment. Staying grounded in reality is part of that; nothing beats real connection for the community creatures we are!
I'd like to see some hacker develop a plague virus that chews through the entire Infrastructure of Metadata Manipulation.
Hackers. They just don't seem to pick the right targets.
Be the hacker you want to see in the world!
Tell me something I don’t know, “Slick.” So now I “like” you and write this and feed the fucking algorithm another little nugget. Thanks for the opportunity to hang myself. We should meet for coffee before the black helicopters (I guess they’re all just drones now) notice us. Carry on! Solidarność!
Thanks for your kind words.
I hear the beast is pleased with your offerings, too 😂
Any 2 year old can defeat AI. Coca cola is incredibly corrosive.
Mechanics clean battery terminals with it.
just knock a 2 liter bottle of 99c Faygo into machines and watch the fun
Alternately, tutorials for homemade EMP burst emitters are on youtube.
Ah, no two-year-old can beat this AI robot from the future in a dance battle...
https://youtu.be/TsNc4nEX3c4?si=9j5qNGXOHTriGsqo
*heavy breathing*
*unzips*
😂😂😂💕💕💕
It's... not that kind of robot...
Never mind.
But if Elon ever releases one I advise you do NOT watch the public demo.
rotfl 😂💕
Aye.... I see the picture you paint as well and I am curious for your way out of the cage.
Stay wyrd or go clone.
Embodiment and mythopoesis I think will be what can anchor us in a different reality.
Soft Rebellion. Staying grounded, regulated, creative, sensual, mystical and wyrd.
There are cracks in the matrix because life is still weirder than any machine operating on logick can predict.
We need to reconnect to magick. Reclaim our.attention and inner worlds.
It's too late or anything but magick.
There are cracks in the matrix because life is still weirder than any machine operating on logick can predict.
We need to reconnect to magick. Reclaim our.attention and inner worlds.
-Love this! I spell magic without a k, but I like the opposition with logic, there is more to it than we might think
Aye.... the things we do not know about are vast, ans more even so the things we do not know that we do not know about.
Reality not such a straight jacket affair as they might want us to think it is... their unfolding storyline is also not inevitable.
Even if it looks like it.
We can find the cracks.
And new narratives that are *not* dystopian!
Thanks for the article, Slick! Do you have a follow up? What do we do?
Our system has driven us to constant Flight or Fight mode for so long it creates complacency. Leaving everyone looking for ways to make their life easier. Opening them up to what you’ve described.
So the question is, how do you get people to relax their nervous system? The solution I propose is give them easy, ways to start rediscovering their agency and power. I write about it in my Substack. I’d love to get your perspective.
https://resilienttomorrow.substack.com/p/self-organization-is-resistance
Thank you, I'll have a read!
I do have a couple follow-ups and a third one in the making; you may enjoy today's piece on Nietzsche, gnosis, and escaping the enclosure. The follow-up is in the making, and I'll get into the more practical side as well (and looking forward to reading your piece on it)
https://open.substack.com/pub/heyslick/p/how-to-train-a-superhuman-the-battle-for-your-consciousness?r=4t921l&utm_medium=ios
This is a solid well researched article
🙏
Wow, what an excellent article. Meticulous analysis of the customized cages of voluntary subjugation.
You're absolutely right, this world would surprise the hell out of Huxley. He would be shocked at how simple it has been for "Them" to create this Technocratic Neo-Fudalistic dystopia without any real resistance.
As he said, "...we are in the process of developing a whole series of techniques which will enable the controlling oligarchy, who have always existed and presumably will always exist, to get people actually to love their servitude. This is the, it seems to me, the ultimate in malevolent revolutions shall we say…”
That part of his predictions was definitely spot on. 😒
I still think authentic resistance will never be futile. People are definitely going to need to do more than just wake up though. People will need to see through the layers of simulacra and illusions to know what they actually need to resist.
To effectively resist a technocracy the resistance will need to be analog.
By the time the Technate formally consolidates, most people won’t even think to resist—it will feel like the only path left.
The Three Stages of Technate Propaganda
Stage 1: Predictive Programming – Normalize the future before it arrives.
Present AI governance, social scoring, and energy credits as progressive innovations.
Use tech culture, futurist influencers, and media to depict this shift as inevitable.
Desensitization? Limited Hangout? Si-Fi Drool?
Well how about that … the 1998 movie THE TRUMAN SHOW is my autobiography! If I don’t read you again …good afternoon, good evening, and good night!!
That's almost a positive version when the alternative is *The Matrix*. You're still a resource, but not the main character (except you, Neo. Where you been?)