have you seen @robmakesthings latest work?
super cool provocation making visible how conspiracies + outrage have become a market and commodified in ways that are not always so visible

--> check it out http://www.robbycollins.com/the-conspiracy-capitaliser-2023/

related to @timnitGebru + @xriskology 's exposing of the #TESCREAL's very real enclosure of the commons (has there ever even been a commons in these spheres?)

and the sad, toxic leakage of propaganda from well funded sources internationally https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-acronym-behind-our-wildest-ai-dreams-and-nightmares/ #AI

The Conspiracy Capitaliser (2023) – Robert Collins

TESCREALism: The Acronym Behind Our Wildest AI Dreams and Nightmares

To understand the divide between AI boosters and doomers, one must unpack their common origins in a bundle of ideologies known as TESCREAL.

Truthdig

@ckohtala an ugly acronym for an ugly set of worldviews. Reading about them reminds me of the creatively paranoid thinking on display in A Beautiful Mind, or the Unabomber.

Hug a TESCREAL-ist today!