This is sobering and illuminating: astrophysicist and author Adam Becker exposes the #flaws and outright #lies in #SiliconValley ideology, including the tech bros' obsessions with #Mars, #AI, and #immortality. 👨🏽‍💻

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/youre-not-going-to-mars-and-you-wont-live-forever-exploding-silicon-valleys-ideology/

#interviews #ArsTechnica #technology #capitalism #oligarchy #TechOligarchy #AdamBecker #ArsTechnica #singularity #books #RecommendedReading

Who are the priests of the Syrinx today?

Mr. Musk, Mr. Thiel, Mr. Gates, please step forward and lead your brethren...

#RUSH #techoligarchy #dystopia

https://youtu.be/m_6dkzL4VS4?si=WrQ5e7Hj_yQyyk57

Yarvin probably got his ideas from Buchanan... the tech oligarch version of property supremacy.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A3eYqaTk5RU

And let's not forget, Palantir, Peter Thiel's spyware is already in use in many countries. They're serious about it and the US is the first for them to try their dystopian vision.

#techOligarchy #Oligarchs #politics #Trumpistan #PeterThiel #Yarvin #JDVAnce #ElonMusk #Dystopia #USA

"Apple is increasingly turning into a law firm and design shop that imports electronics from China"

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-the-week-everyone

#apple #monopoly #chokepointCapitalism #enshitification #techoligarchy

Ich bekomme da so dunkle Erinnerungen
[Microsoft Tay](https://wiki.adminforge.de/wiki/Tay_(chatbot)?lang=en) eine frühe #KI welche ungefiltert auf #Twitter / #X losgelassen und rapide schnell hochgradig menschenverachtend wurde.
Der Weg zu vorgegebenen #Guidelines ist da nicht mehr weit. So könnte #GenerativeAi schnell zu einem Propagandaselbstläufer werden.
Auch eine gezielte Diskriminierung oder Verfolgung ist bei den Aussagen Trumps im Denkbaren.
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-safety-institute-new-directive-america-first/

#UnplugTrump #Trump #Tay #BigTech #TechOligarchy

[en] #Luddite: anti-progress fanatics, a popular misconception

"... original ... Luddites weren’t against #technology. "

"... wrest back control of technology for #democratic ends ... kind of "#digital #Luddism" which echoes past struggles against high-tech #injustice."

"... systemic change towards #sustainable, #transparent and #usercontrolled infrastructure."

https://theconversation.com/digital-luddites-are-rising-they-want-to-democratise-tech-not-destroy-it-251155

#overreliance #dependency #dominance #bigtech #gafam #techoligarchy #privacy #security #antitrust #ethical

[en] Concerns that US could access European #data

"The potential harm caused by an #interruption of public services could #disrupt the country and #society, the government auditing agency said" [#NL].

"The report [#KPMG] recommends ... a combination of multiple #European and #Dutch providers be chosen for #cloud services."

https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/02/27/is-overreliance-on-us-big-tech-a-threat-to-europe-the-netherlands-may-soon-find-out

#overreliance #reliance #dependency #trump #risk #dominance #bigtech #gafam #techoligarchy #declouding #unclouding #cloudexit #ms365 #mso365