From the privacy point of view the establishment is building a big digital prison. Don’t complain about being kicked off social media. Be glad it happened. The whole point of leaving bondage is not to wander in the desert but to enter into a promsed land. There’s got to be more to life than providing …
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Who was it who said “I would never join a social media site that would feature me as a member “?
Has China’s social rating system come to America? Once something is potential it very often becomes actual. Like the big red button marked ‘do not push’, some curious fellow always does. Those with lower scores find daily life harder. They aren’t allowed to buy high speed train tickets or take flights. Doors close to certain …
The establishment’s approach to complexity is to control it with one global long term plan. The alternative is to foster lots of small, relatively short term efforts to adapt, ameliorate or harness unexpected developments. Establishment efforts will always be Too Big To Fail. By contrast the problem solving approach uses failure to learn and make …
One of the advantages of using the standard Internet protocol site (like this) is that you don’t have to give up your information to access the site. Many social media sites are Walled Gardens that leach out your personal details. Coming here is cheaper, in lost information, than going there. Nobody takes your info at …
The social media purge means that conflicting sides can no longer abide in the same virtual room. This does not mean a breakdown in communication, just a breakup of the network into components. Rather than being one loud space the universe will construct rooms. One of advantages of componentization is that POVs need not be …
Our ancient future New at the Belmont Club
This is it. And maybe better too.
Phase 2 of the pandemic narrative has arrived. New at the Belmont Club
A review of “Last Stands”. Why men live to the end. New at the Belmont Club
Giving the bureaucrats the key to everything. New at the Belmont Club
A future without new ideas. Just recycled old ones. New at the Belmont Club
You can’t recreate the past. Not even the past future. New at the Belmont Club.
Of all the quantities that have been run down over the last decade trust in the institutions is among those at the lowest level. New at the Belmont Club
Our controlled “build back better” world. https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2020/11/23/belmont-journal-build-back-better-n1166560
The vague voter. New at the Belmont Club
The rules have changed. https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2020/11/17/belmont-journal-when-to-go-to-war-n1154183#1th
What began with Crossfire Hurricane continues on. New at the Belmont Club
