> Even ‘science’ has become a ‘God that failed’; instead of being the path to liberty, it has become a dark soulless path toward unfreedom..algorithms that ‘cost’ the value of human lives, versus the ‘costing’ of lockdown; from secret ‘Black Box’ algos that limit distribution of news and thinking, to #BillGates’ vaccination ID..#science now portends despotic social control, rather than a..symbol of freedom.
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/29/god-that-failed-why-us-cannot-now-re-impose-its-civilisational-worldview/
#AlastairCrooke #Privacy #GodThatFailed #Woke ? #ScreenNewDeal
‘The God That Failed’: Why the U.S. Cannot Now Re-Impose Its Civilisational Worldview

It was always a paradox: John Stuart Mill, in his seminal (1859), On Liberty, never doubted that a universal civilisation, grounded in liberal values, was…

Strategic Culture Foundation

'..exactly two weeks before the #coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic, and there was no mention that a goal of this vast, high-tech expansion was to protect American health. Only that it was necessary to avoid being outcompeted by China. But, of course, that would soon change..'

https://theintercept.com/2020/05/08/andrew-cuomo-eric-schmidt-coronavirus-tech-shock-doctrine/

#NaomiKlein on #ScreenNewDeal #Covid justifications of #CorporateWelfare supports for #EricSchmidt #JeffBezos #Cuomo #Pandemic #IT #ShockDoctrine

Under Cover of Mass Death, Andrew Cuomo Calls in the Billionaires to Build a High-Tech Dystopia

Big tech’s emerging pandemic shock doctrine demands heavy public subsidies for a no-touch, socially distanced coronavirus future.

The Intercept
Naomi Klein à propos du "Screen New Deal" où comment les #GAFAM utilisent la crise du #COVID19 pour accélérer la #dématérialisation de nos vies. Elle appelle au mouvement inverse : recruter + de profs, + de soignants, + de travailleurs sociaux... pour organiser des unités de travail et vie collective plus petites, où on ne s'entasse pas comme du bétail.
Du bon sens ! Mais comment organiser ça à temps pour affronter cette crise ?
#NaomiKlein #ScreenNewDeal #relocalisation
https://theintercept.com/2020/05/08/andrew-cuomo-eric-schmidt-coronavirus-tech-shock-doctrine/
Under Cover of Mass Death, Andrew Cuomo Calls in the Billionaires to Build a High-Tech Dystopia

Big tech’s emerging pandemic shock doctrine demands heavy public subsidies for a no-touch, socially distanced coronavirus future.

The Intercept