They want your money. Your life on a meter. And they want to comprehensively know and control you, and profit by your data, including anything you produce.
Tag: technology
2024: GOVERNMENT ATTACKS ON FREE SPEECH GROWING
If anyone thought Elon Musk’s efforts with the X social media platform were going to save free speech, current events are demonstrating otherwise.
U.S. PRODUCTIVITY GREW 2.3 PERCENT IN SECOND QUARTER
Productivity among American businesses grew by 2.3 percent in the previous quarter, the U.S. Labor Department reported, more than a fivefold improvement over the 0.4 percent booked during the year’s first three months.
THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
Popular protests against the social ravages and violence connected with mass immigration policies in Britain are meeting with an extraordinary government crack down.
GREEN TRANSITION F U TOO?
It’s not just EVs. The “green energy transition”—if by that, anyone means technology sans environmental impacts that can actually supply energy similar in levels and prices to the existing system—is a failing fantasy.
THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
One might ponder whether (still) President Joe Biden will fully “grok” the message.
DEGROWTH BAIT AND SWITCH CONTINUES: EDMONTON ANNOUNCES 15 “DISTRICTS” AS PART OF RADICAL 15 MINUTE CITIES IMPLEMENTATION
Setting objectives for inhabitants to walk and live their lives within a “15 minute” walking radius, while effectively forcing a transition from cars to mass transit, has now been presented by officials in Edmonton, one Canada’s largest cities.
HUMAN-BRAINED ROBOTS, AI MERGED HUMANS: PICK YOUR POISON
Chinese researchers in June announced they have successfully powered a robot via a lab grown human brain “organoid” combined with a neural interface computer chip.
CALLS TO GENE EDIT PLANTS AND HUMANS GROW, AS THE SYNTHETIC DEVOLUTION ACCELERATES
Fast evolving gene editing and synthetic biology (ie. synbio) technologies are accelerating the positioning of radical redesigns of plant, animal and even human life, as superior to natural alternatives.
THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
We recently talked to Gabriel Custodiet, producer of The Watchman Privacy podcast, and an outspoken (if mysterious!) privacy advocate and consultant.