Posts Tagged With: artificial intelligence

Resistance to the Brave New World

Posted on November 8, 2026 by Darrick Dean

“We were playing with fire.” – Krystal Ball, Breaking Points

AI to cause 20 years of disruption? Bill Gates thinks so. Of course, this is the guy who stated recently the covid pandemic “didn’t work the way I expected.” He isn’t high on the trust meter. Since the pandemic didn’t work out like the ruling class hoped, are AI cyberattacks the new pandemic?

Are these attacks from some independent actor? Malcontents living in their mother’s basement? Actual adversaries? Or our own governments setting up a fake crisis to try to implicate another country? Unfortunately, any one or more of these is a possibility.

Even before these attacks, many think artificial intelligence is just a harmless chatbot, and are not seeing what is coming from those pushing AI, including:

Job losses.
Digital feudalism.
Cybersecurity chaos.
Exposing the vulnerability of the energy grid, finance, and defense.

If nuclear weapons taught us anything, it is that going full-bore into a new technology not fully understanding its power, could unleash humanity-changing consequences.

A Resistance to these excesses of technology has emerged. Not just because of AI, but that has pushed many over the edge. People are tired of the direction of technology: No ownership. Multiple subscriptions. Invasive in your lives. Unsecure information. We were told this would be a great new era, but in many ways, it is quite the opposite.

“Technology used to feel simple and complete. You bought something once. You brought in your home and plugged it in and it simply worked. You didn’t need an account, or wi-fi, you didn’t need to accept terms and conditions to use it.” – Gubba Homestead

This Resistance isn’t going easy on AI either:

“[Opposition to data centers]..was really the bleeding edge of an overall AI resistance…and loss of control to tech oligarchs…There was this sense…these people have taken so much power from us, including what we can have in our own community.” – Krystal Ball, Breaking Points

Datacenters lost big on the ballot on election day. Is the Awakening enough to restrain the tech oligarchs and their dystopian dreams of transhumanism?

Make no mistake, they and all those who strive to reset the world, will not give up so easily.

And neither should you.

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AI: Useful Tool? Yes. World-ending Tech? Also, Yes.

Posted on October 15, 2026 by Darrick Dean

“This logic is if I don’t build it I will lose to China. But if the thing I would build would be a suicide machine, then I don’t beat China by building a suicide machine.” – Tristan Harris

Tristan Harris, formerly of Google, and one of the featured experts in the exceptional documentary, The Social Dilemma, has many important revelations in this interview on AI.

As he states, many things can be true. Some fears about China “winning” the AI race are true, others are not. Some are much worse. Such as this: Since AI has already shown an increasing ability to hack just about anything, is the U.S.’s plan to digitize and modernize the nuclear arsenal and a good idea?

Ever hear of Skynet or see the recent Mission: Impossible films? Fiction is quickly becoming fact.

Most people are woefully ignorant on AI:

Why are people racing headfirst into paying for data centers which are ultimately intended to replace their jobs? These are not built for your monthly subscription to ChatGPT. If your career is information-based – accountants, lawyers, programmers, even teachers – your days are numbered. You are paying for your replacements.

AI cannot become sentient, but it certainly can fool people that it is human, or someone can manipulate it to do so. Already, AI has convinced people to commit suicide, others to have relationships with it. Imagine if the elite ruling class used AI wield control, take over religions, through the fabrication of some AI entity, as an alleged friend or foe? Forget the dying UFO-psyop, AI will be far more effective in creating a new villain or false prophet. Don’t fool yourself that the puppetmasters aren’t already thinking about this.

This isn’t about fear-mongering. This is about understanding what “24th Century technology crashing down on 21st Century society” can and will do if people treat AI like another new update to their phone.

You could be updated out of existence.

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10 Reasons Why You Must Read

Posted on July 22, 2026 by Darrick Dean

“Reading is the ultimate antidote to brain rot.” – Katharine Gordon

In an era in which we are being overwhelmed by media, AI, and the once-heralded internet, how can we protect our mind? Katharine Gordon figured out the answer: Reading. Actual, long-form reading. Books, even. Read this from Gordon and sharpen and protect your brain:

Does overusing AI make you feel a little dumb?

Reading is the ultimate antidote👇

In the era of AI, we all need to be vigilant about how we use our brains.

Consuming short-form content and using AI are becoming our go-to leisure activities.

And reading is the best defence we have against a total descent into a world of slop.

Here are 10 reasons why reading is a non-negotiable for me:

1️⃣ It sharpens your brain
Studies show it can slow cognitive decline and even help prevent dementia.

2️⃣ It reduces stress
A good book pulls you out of your head and into another world, calming the nervous system.

3️⃣ It expands your vocabulary
The more you read, the more words you learn and can draw from.

4️⃣ It strengthens memory
Following characters, plotlines, and ideas trains your brain to hold information.

5️⃣ It builds analytical thinking
Reading forces you to interpret, question, and connect ideas.

6️⃣ It improves focus
Reading is one of the few activities that trains sustained attention.
(And we can all use more of that these days!)

7️⃣ It makes you a better writer
Reading is how you absorb rhythm, structure, and voice.

8️⃣ It fuels creativity
The more you read, the more raw material your brain has to reinterpret into something new.

9️⃣ It gives you perspective
Books put you inside other people’s lives, minds, and experiences. That’s empathy.

🔟 It’s the best defence against AI slop
If you know what great writing looks like, you can spot mediocre AI content in seconds.

I’m not saying you need to pick up a copy of War and Peace.

There are so many ways to incorporate daily reading into your life.

Even just 20 minutes a day can make a huge difference in how you think, feel, and perceive.

There is poetry on Instagram, essays on Substack, and newsletters in absolutely every niche you can imagine.

Whatever it is you fancy, don’t let your brain go to waste.

You only get the one.

© 2026 Katharine Gordon

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The Dark Side of AI

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Darrick Dean

Artificial Intelligence can be a valuable tool, but like any piece of technology it can be misused unintentionally and intentionally. With so many jumping into AI without thinking, much like they did with the internet and then social media, we need to take a breath and perform some critical thinking.

Software engineer Vanessa Wingårdh has produced a number of discussions on the dark side of this rapidly expanding technology. She explores how insurance companies are using AI to deny healthcare. We also see people relying so much on generative AI programs, they are experiencing brain rot. Some have managed to turn AI into a disturbing cult, AI leading people into disturbing actions, and others think AI is a conscious being and try to have real relationships with it.

Clearly, many of these people had problems before encountering AI. We need to return to a time where people are allowed to recognize these issues in others. For all the talk of mental health, we still seem to brush these things under the rug or act like its okay for someone else. No, it’s time to reclaim objective truth before we lose more people to mental health issues and cult like thinking.

Robbi Jan has examined the dangers of AI blurring reality and the use of tech in transhumanism agendas. Transhumanism can very easily become a new 21st Century eugenics movement. She also takes a look at these trackable health devices everyone is embracing. Are they safe and private? How many hacked databases do we need before we take security more seriously?

Listen, you can ignore AI, or blindly jump into using it. Either case is the wrong choice. We’ve learned the hard way about social media, both information and people manipulation and tech addiction.

How about learning our lesson for once?

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