We already made rocks think. We just did it the slow way—evolve apes, teach them calculus, shine lights at rocks until they start thinking.

But what if colonization was an info-first control problem? What if we broadcast protocols that let local matter and sunlight do the lifting?

This essay explores "teleoforming": information patterns that hijack matter flows at a distance.

https://vasily.cc/blog/civilization-as-a-compiler/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=civilization-as-compiler-launch&utm_content=thread

#SpaceColonization #InformationTheory #ControlTheory #Futurology #SystemsThinking

The Soviet system seemed unshakeable until its architecture of belief failed—and the entire thing collapsed in months. Belief systems fail because their structure can't carry values through change/adversity. The same is happening now:

https://vasily.cc/blog/the-ghost-in-the-graph-pt3/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-ghost-in-the-graph-pt3-launch&utm_content=thread

#InformationWarfare #Geopolitics #SystemsThinking #MediaLiteracy #Strategy #Governance

War has changed, and the decisive terrain is cognitive. This analysis maps the coalition logistics that keep MAGA resilient, shows how foreign influence shapes amplification systems, and outlines a strategy that redirects momentum instead of feeding antifragility.

https://vasily.cc/blog/war-has-changed/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=war-has-changed-launch&utm_content=thread

#InformationWarfare #Geopolitics #SystemsThinking #MediaLiteracy #NetworkAnalysis