“What an indignity to have your farm or house seized via eminent domain, to see it razed and replaced by a weed-choked empty field, a lonely foundation slab, or an abandoned empty building that could only ever be repurposed for laser-tag or an ICE concentrat…”
“I think what's sort of funny about this stuff is how everyone writes about software & dopamine & AI writes "I have discovered a thing" when it is extremely recycling so like this piece I saw going around: pydantic.dev/articles/the... (lol @ "That loss is re…”
“Hey look at this * Your Cookware Got Worse On Purpose www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-cookw... * The Human-in-the-Loop is Tired pydantic.dev/articles/the... * HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink cartridges, toner, PCs arstechnica.com/gadget…”
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Cat Hicks: I just think Dopamine Nation isn't a good basis for a theory of all complex behavior at scale
Cat Hicks: What a coincidence that a massively viral book pushing a single puritanical message about "rewards" perfectly coincided with everybody online explaining that the answer to everything is a "dopamine…
“"I strongly believe there are entire companies right now under heavy AI psychosis and it’s impossible to have rational conversations with them about it." AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making”
“AI is the asbestos we're shoveling into the walls of our civilization and our descendants will be digging it out for generations: pluralistic.net/2026/04/08/p... 36/”
“Cory Doctorow makes this case in this essay: pluralistic.net/2026/07/10/p...”
“For these bosses, AI is the chance to wire the toy steering wheel they play with all day directly into the corporate drive-train. With enough AI slaves, the boss can run the company all on their own: pluralistic.net/2026/07/10/p... 28/”
“As *tech*, AI isn't exceptional. It's not exceptionally wicked. It's not exceptionally good. Take away the accompanying, galactic-scale stock-swindle, and we'd call AI's apps "plug-ins" and we'd use them and abuse them in the same way that we've used every …”
“* Google burning through cash with spiralling AI costs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... * A laid-off journalist started his own news site. Facebook AI decided he was fake eu.indystar.com/story/news/l... * Washington Still Ignores Airline Monopolies economicpop…”
“Whether it's Leona Helmsley's claim that "only the little people pay taxes," or Elon Musk's habit of calling people who disagree with him "NPCs," the whole ideological project of billionaireism is shot through with a kind of solipsism: pluralistic.net/2026/…”
“Austerity is fascism's best recruiter: pluralistic.net/2026/04/12/a... When the AI bubble bursts, defective chatbots that replaced skilled workers will disappear, leaving us scrambling to get that work done after the workers who understood it have retrained…”
“Bosses *hate* the fact that they can't turn their plans into action without first having a series of ego-shattering confrontations with workers who actually know how to do things, who insist that those plans are illegal, stupid, impossible or will kill peop…”
“Upcoming appearances (cont'd): * Melbourne: Enshittification at the Wheeler Centre, Aug 25 www.wheelercentre.com/events-ticke... * Brighton: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Carole Cadwalladr (Brighton Dome), Sep 8 brightondome.org/whats-on…”
“Upcoming appearances (cont'd): * London: The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI with Riley Quinn (Foyle's Picadilly), Sep 9 www.foyles.co.uk/events/enshi... * South Bend: An Evening With Cory Doctorow (Notre Dame), Oct 6 franco.nd.edu/events/2026/... 16/”
“Recent appearances: * Will AI ever come alive, and what happens if it does? (BBC News) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzk4... * Waarom jij straks het hulpje van AI bent (VPRO) www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOnv... * Talk Tech Bock (Vera Linß) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PF…”
“Recent appearances (cont'd): * How To Think About AI Before It’s Too Late (This Is Hell) thisishell.com/episodes/1919 * AI Won't Replace You... But This Might (Deep Focus) www.youtube.com/watch?v=oorW... 18/”
“Recent appearances: * Will AI ever come alive, and what happens if it does? (BBC News) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzk4... * Waarom jij straks het hulpje van AI bent (VPRO) www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOnv... * Talk Tech Bock (Vera Linß) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PF…”
“Recent appearances (cont'd): * How To Think About AI Before It’s Too Late (This Is Hell) thisishell.com/episodes/1919 * AI Won't Replace You... But This Might (Deep Focus) www.youtube.com/watch?v=oorW... 18/”
“Recent appearances: * Will AI ever come alive, and what happens if it does? (BBC News) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzk4... * Waarom jij straks het hulpje van AI bent (VPRO) www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOnv... * Talk Tech Bock (Vera Linß) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PF…”
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