It’s sort of incredible, although maybe simply nothing more than a manifestation of the technology, the more information technology, the greater the bullshit produced. Yesterday, when the merger of Trump Media and Google backed fusion firm TAE was announced, you might think we reached some sort of peak, but
I did a great interview on The Politics of Ape and Machine with Ben Tallman at WUSB, the radio station for Stony Brook University out there on Long Island. Thanks Ben! He brought up Bernie Sanders at one point. Afterwards, I was thinking I should have told a good story
Deep and Dirty SUBSCRIBE It's clear any sort of American small “d” democratic revival requires Americans coming together face to face to discuss and decide. This essential democratic tradition is largely lost across the political landscape, yet it still thrives at the top. JPMorganChase just announced the formation
SUBSCRIBE Saturday talk in Chicago was well attended and enjoyable. Special thanks to Jim Geoghegan. Below, I focused my remarks on a short history of compute. The latest technology reshaping society for which we have no politics.
Well the politics of technology around Tech's data center push, or is it putsch, continue to bubble-up across the country. The latest action occurring in Port Washington, WI, a town of 12,000 on Lake Michigan, just south of Milwaukee. Seems the citizenry discovered the Mayor and Council
SUBSCRIBE The politics of AI are beginning to bloom, an opportunity for its use as a lever to revive and help reform democracy in America. To be used as such requires an understanding there is no Democratic or Republican position on AI. It is either an issue that helps redefine
SUBSCRIBE Well, since Nigeria breached, hopefully briefly, the tidal line of the American information tsunami, maybe there’s a small opportunity for an ignorant people to learn a little about a part of the world they helped shape over the last half-century. Coincidentally and conveniently, the FT has a piece
A reminder next Saturday, December 6th is Chicago book event. Due to popular demand and fire codes, and fire codes in Chicago are nothing to sneeze at, we had to move the venue. No worries, it's right down the street with plenty of room, same time: Saturday, December
As far as American holidays go, Thanksgiving is about as good as it gets, not militarized or hyper-consumptive. Of course getting together and sharing food is as old a community tradition as this species has, cutting across all modern lines of separation, stretching back to the African savannas. Not to
And I keep on fighting for the things I want Though I know that when you're dead, you can't But I'd rather be a free man in my grave Than living as a puppet or a slave So as sure as the sun will
Please join myself, Yasha, and Evgenia, with songs by special guest Michelle Shocked this Sunday, November 23rd, 7pm, KGB Bar, New York as we talk the politics of technology. Despite my bohawk roots – Dedek, I’ve never paid great interest to Eastern Europe. Yet today, something very interesting is happening
I did a fine podcast on The Politics of Ape and Machine with Radio War Nerd, it's now up https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-ep-radio-143953879 Have a listen, it's a great conversation with Mark Ames, unfortunately Prof. Dolan was not able to join, however he has
“We may remark at this point that modern physics is in some way extremely near to the doctrines of Heraclitus. If we replace the word `fire' by the word `energy' we can almost repeat his statements word for word from our modern point of view. Energy is in
Very much thanks to friends John Cacciatore and Nancy Kozikowski for hosting inaugural The Politics of Ape and Machine event in their beautiful home filled with Nancy's art. That's the thing about Albuquerque, it's filled with artists, incredible high desert landscape, good food, and
Book Tour started off with a great event on the 1st in Albuquerque, New Mexico, video will be up tomorrow. Sunday evening in Cassapolis, Michigan 2nd event had some thoughtful discussions on AI. Next week NY, with a new Mayor coming in and everything, good luck to him, he'
Here’s a great interview with Karen Hao, author of Empire AI. It’s a nice little primer on the politics of AI, most especially its assured destruction of, or better, what’s left of democracy, if allowed to continue along this path. Also, she points out AI's
It was no mistake that four years ago the inaugural piece of Life in the 21st Century concerned Nigeria. The piece was about Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka’s just released novel, Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth. I concluded, “Soyinka's work is brilliant satire
A few weeks ago, I pointed to an excellent commentary by science communicator Dr. Angela Collier, PhD. Physics. Here are two more below. This is brilliant political analysis and hilarious satire, as good as I've seen and heard for a long, long time. She rocks! This is companion
SUBSCRIBE I pointed out several years ago when writing about what's marketed as AI the energy needs would prove impossible. So, no surprise when one of our tech-lords, none other than MS-CEO Satya Nadella states, "The biggest issue we are now having is not a compute glut,
Seems the Irish also elected a new president, Catherine Connolly. The NYT says She has said Ireland’s policy of neutrality is threatened “by the warmongering military industrial complex” in much of Europe. She predicted that a “united Ireland is inevitable.” She declared that in war-torn Gaza, Israel’s “genocide
AVAILABLE NOW Hello All, The Politics of Ape and Machine book tour begins Saturday November 1st in Albuquerque, NM. I have a preliminary schedule for November. The tour will be ongoing for the foreseeable future. Talks are open to public, stop by if you're near. Also, if you
Twist away the gates of steel Unlock the secret voice Give in to ancient noise Take a chance, a brand new dance Twist away the gates of steel Twist away, now twist and shout The earth it moves too slow But the earth is all we know We pay to
Well now I'm looking for the dum dum boys Where are you now, when I need your noise SUBSCRIBE Folks, what can be said of the value of Life in the 21st Century? Yesterday, I put out a piece explaining the energy idiocy of what's marketed
“Voting in fair and honest elections is a prerequisite for democratic self-rule. What may be even more important is a related civic duty: participation — engaging with fellow citizens and organizing in our communities. Joe Costello brings history and experience to bear on how we can help revive genuine government of,