***** Why Technology Favors Tyranny

Artificial intelligence will further concentrate power among a small elite if we don’t take steps to stop it, @harari_yuval writes:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/yuval-noah-harari-technology-tyranny/568330/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYSU-yY9Gsm9GGF2Oi2I88v0&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

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********* Why Technology Favors Tyranny
Artificial intelligence will further concentrate power among a small elite if we don’t take steps to stop it, @harari_yuval writes: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/yuval-noah-harari-technology-tyranny/568330/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYSU-yY9Gsm9GGF2Oi2I88v0&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social In the 20th century, the masses revolted against exploitation and sought to translate their vital role in the economy into political power. Now the masses fear irrelevance, and they are frantic to use their […]
***** Why Technology Favors Tyranny
Artificial intelligence will further concentrate power among a small elite if we don’t take steps to stop it, @harari_yuval writes: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/yuval-noah-harari-technology-tyranny/568330/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYSU-yY9Gsm9GGF2Oi2I88v0&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

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The Rasputin Effect: Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe, @anneapplebaum writes. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/trump-populist-conspiracism-autocracy-rfk-jr/681088/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYdJyfV0THX5BtoFV0S3-AIw&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
The Agony of Texting With Men
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****** NYTimes.com: We’ve Misunderstood Human Nature for 100 Years
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Against Guilty History
“History should always be told in full,” writes @davidfrum. “But we don’t correct past wrongs committed in a liberal democracy by defaming the ideal itself”: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/settler-colonialism-guilty-history/680992/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYW8n7n-MZ5YF-Ns8sAW6zN0&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
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********* Why Technology Favors Tyranny
Artificial intelligence will further concentrate power among a small elite if we don’t take steps to stop it, @harari_yuval writes: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/yuval-noah-harari-technology-tyranny/568330/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYSU-yY9Gsm9GGF2Oi2I88v0&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social In the 20th century, the masses revolted against exploitation and sought to translate their vital role in the economy into political power. Now the masses fear irrelevance, and they are frantic to use their […]
***** Why Technology Favors Tyranny
Artificial intelligence will further concentrate power among a small elite if we don’t take steps to stop it, @harari_yuval writes: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/yuval-noah-harari-technology-tyranny/568330/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYSU-yY9Gsm9GGF2Oi2I88v0&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social