Posts tagged doomed

Or, the bullshit singularity.

Or: do not outsource your mind.

A little over a year ago I wrote an essay called A history of the near future. How have things gone since then?

is not as glorious as you probably think.

Or: shut up already.

My friend Zyni wrote this, not me. I have preserved her line breaks.

Det er vanskeligt at spaa, især naar det gælder Fremtiden.

— maybe Niels Bohr

Here’s what I think is coming and why: make of it what you will.

The dead internet theory is a conspiracy theory, which in itself is enough reason to doubt it. Like many fashionable conspiracy theories it originated in regions of the internet frequented by people with really unpleasant views, which is another.

But.

It is very hard to see what the tories think they are trying to do. They face an opposition which, while not particularly progressive, is a lot more progressive than they are. This opposition is also much more popular than they are. So what are they doing? They’re proposing policies which are even more extreme than the ones they’ve already enacted. Why?

On the 19th April, 2024, Rishi Sunak gave a speech. For reasons which escape me, what he said might still matter.