The Cyber Populist
The quiet part, read aloud. First-person confessions from inside the machine — plus the investigations and essays that prove the narrator wasn't exaggerating.
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The Apocalypse Is in the Prospectus (opens the original)
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For ten years, the men building AI have sold it as the end of the world.Sam Altman, 2015: "AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies."2023: Altman, Dario Amodei and Demis Hassabis signed a statement that "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war."Amodei, 2025: "There's a 25% chance that things go really, really badly."Elon Musk, 202
In Praise of the Old Knighthood (opens the original)
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“Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.” (Jeremiah 6:16)<div c
Britain Made Tommy Robinson (opens the original)
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I. The ChargeNear the end of Shire Folk, its three-part podcast on Tommy Robinson, The Economist delivers its verdict in a single sentence: there was a void, and Robinson filled it. Then it moves on. It should not have moved on, because the sentence contains its own indictment.Begin with three premises. First, a democracy owes its citizens a say in who joins them. Second, it owes them the truth about what follows. Third, when it withholds both, someone else will speak in its place. Britain’s ins
The Idea Was Approved Once We Removed Its Author (opens the original)
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I run creative workshops for companies that want their employees to think for themselves in a direction already approved by the board.This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<
I Survived the Press Ban. My Questions Did Not. (opens the original)
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I cover the White House for Republic Tonight. You may not have heard of us. Neither has the President. Our badges still work.This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<div class
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