Big Tech Hereby Exiles You to Digital Siberia

Big Tech Hereby Exiles You to Digital SiberiaCharles Hugh Smith – The human mind is not particularly well-adapted to polycrisis: we struggle to adapt to the drought, then the earthquake knocks down the village walls, then the tsunami pounds what was left, followed by the epic flooding, then the hurricane batters the survivors, who witness the volcano erupting and wonder what they did to anger the gods and goddesses so mightily.

Now put yourself in the shoes of those tasked with governing / leading the traumatized, overwhelmed masses. If you call a public meeting to hear what the masses reckon are causes and solutions, you find a near-riot of vociferous wrangling over the equivalent of how many angels can dance on the head of a pin: all sound and fury, signifying nothing. Continue reading

Algorithmic Censorship Is the New Propaganda [Video]

censorshipAlexandra Bruce – Google is not just the most popular search engine on Earth, used by 70% of the world population, it has also been the most-visited website on the planet for over 15 years. Lately, Google has been focusing on the development of voice computing, which entails giving less search results or ideally providing just one answer to a any given query, according to former CEO Eric Schmidt.

“One answer” implies herding people away from certain verboten lines of inquiry and keeping users penned within Google’s all-encompassing censorship infrastructure known as the Goolag. Continue reading