Introduction: The Cracks in the Old Machine I remember the grind of running a retail clothing business in the early 2000s—sourcing finished products from wholesalers who had already handled the upstream work, navigating their markups at every turn, and stocking shelves with trends that often missed the mark. It was a linear beast: goods arrived […]
Introduction In the quiet market towns of 1970s England, where I grew up amid the hum of economic upheaval and the first waves of mass media saturation, divisions felt tangible yet contained—neighbors debating Thatcher policies over garden fences, headlines stirring fears without the endless echo of today’s digital feeds. Fast-forward to 2025, and those fractures
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Introduction In today’s world, where economic pressures shape nearly every aspect of life, it’s worth pausing to examine how our education systems function not as beacons of enlightenment, but as factories churning out efficient units of labor. This isn’t a conspiracy; it’s a historical reality rooted in the needs of capitalist economies. As we’ve seen
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Introduction: The Ancient Brain Meets the Algorithmic Age Born in 1971, I’ve watched the UK morph from analogue to AI’s relentless hum, my perspective sharpened by two decades of photography and essays like “Desire: Erotic Art in Photography” and “Why We’re Wired for Chaos: Decoding Behaviour in 2025.” Yuval Harari’s Homo Deus sparked a revelation:
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Introduction In ancient Athens, I could have stood on the Pnyx hill, faced a crowd of thousands, and in three minutes swayed the city’s course—war, law, or exile decided by my words and their votes. No party machines, no bureaucrats, just citizens shaping their world directly. Fast forward to 2025’s United Kingdom, where my voice
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Introduction: The Unchanging Signal Amid Economic Flux Imagine a world where artificial intelligence generates infinite resources—goods, services, knowledge—at virtually no cost, overturning the traditional equation of finite supplies and endless desires. Yet, in this era of plenty, the same primal urges that drove ancient foragers to stockpile or modern traders to chase profits endure, steering
Introduction In the swirling currents of technological change, few shifts have reshaped humanity as profoundly as the industrial revolution. Yet, as I contemplate the dawn of the AI era in mid-2025, I find myself convinced that the intelligence revolution unfolding before us will dwarf its predecessor in scope and societal consequence. This isn’t mere hype;
Introduction I remember the 1970s in the UK as a time when the echoes of industrial might still lingered in the air, thick with the hum of factories and the weight of coal dust. Born in 1971, I grew up amid the tail end of an era where capital—those towering machines and assembly lines—defined not
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As AI evolves into recursive superbrains, how do we preserve human agency amid inevitable behavioural coordination? Reflections on a 70,000-year arc, inspired by Eric Schmidt’s insights and the ‘New Future’ project. Introduction: Framing the Shift from Pinnacle to Participant Born in 1971 and raised in the UK, I have witnessed profound shifts in how technology
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Introduction Across fields like philosophy, biology, and computing, we’ve long viewed intelligence through a human lens—shaped by our language, culture, and ways of thinking. But fresh insights from various areas point to a big change: intelligence isn’t just a human thing. It’s a universal trait that pops up in all sorts of complex systems, from
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