Suss
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Just a guy taking pictures on his iPhone in the Monadnocks.
They would have lost some Tuesday elections by caving before, now they can “cave”. But is it caving when you could smell the desperation like the subway out of Brooklyn after a nets game off of Chuck for weeks?
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
They would have lost some Tuesday elections by caving before, now they can “cave”. But is it caving when you could smell the desperation like the subway out of Brooklyn after a nets game off of Chuck for weeks?
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Thought experiment for regular AI users. Ask it what it thinks of you.
October 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Thought experiment for regular AI users. Ask it what it thinks of you.
AI learns from the user, ask it all day about nazi’s, slowly move your questions to positive impressions of them, ask them about modern politics. Guess what you get. Your own f*cking opinions thrown back at you. AI is you. Use it right and you grow, use it wrong and you shrink.
October 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
AI learns from the user, ask it all day about nazi’s, slowly move your questions to positive impressions of them, ask them about modern politics. Guess what you get. Your own f*cking opinions thrown back at you. AI is you. Use it right and you grow, use it wrong and you shrink.
5 second rule! Just close it quickly.
October 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
5 second rule! Just close it quickly.
Democracies might have a Fermi Paradox of their own.
The Fermi Paradox asks: If intelligent life is common, where is everyone?
One answer is the Great Filter, the point where civilizations grow powerful enough to destroy themselves before stabilizing.
The Fermi Paradox asks: If intelligent life is common, where is everyone?
One answer is the Great Filter, the point where civilizations grow powerful enough to destroy themselves before stabilizing.
October 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Master list link to block all
October 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Master list link to block all
In her farewell speech I hear she mentioned the lack of need for her position anymore as the main reason.
October 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In her farewell speech I hear she mentioned the lack of need for her position anymore as the main reason.
Huh, that’s a hell of a crowd he’s hanging with…real quality addicts…
October 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Huh, that’s a hell of a crowd he’s hanging with…real quality addicts…
This is peak GenX attitude.
October 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is peak GenX attitude.
Democracies might have a Fermi Paradox of their own.
The Fermi Paradox asks: If intelligent life is common, where is everyone?
One answer is the Great Filter, the point where civilizations grow powerful enough to destroy themselves before stabilizing.
The Fermi Paradox asks: If intelligent life is common, where is everyone?
One answer is the Great Filter, the point where civilizations grow powerful enough to destroy themselves before stabilizing.
October 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Democracies might have a Fermi Paradox of their own.
The Fermi Paradox asks: If intelligent life is common, where is everyone?
One answer is the Great Filter, the point where civilizations grow powerful enough to destroy themselves before stabilizing.
The Fermi Paradox asks: If intelligent life is common, where is everyone?
One answer is the Great Filter, the point where civilizations grow powerful enough to destroy themselves before stabilizing.
October 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Maybe passing the Great Filter isn’t about lasting forever.
Maybe it’s about learning to evolve before it’s too late.
Maybe it’s about learning to evolve before it’s too late.
October 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Maybe passing the Great Filter isn’t about lasting forever.
Maybe it’s about learning to evolve before it’s too late.
Maybe it’s about learning to evolve before it’s too late.
The 250-year threshold may be democracy’s version of the Fermi Paradox.
Across history, democratic lights have appeared, but few last indefinitely.
The question is whether ours can evolve faster than it decays.
Across history, democratic lights have appeared, but few last indefinitely.
The question is whether ours can evolve faster than it decays.
October 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The 250-year threshold may be democracy’s version of the Fermi Paradox.
Across history, democratic lights have appeared, but few last indefinitely.
The question is whether ours can evolve faster than it decays.
Across history, democratic lights have appeared, but few last indefinitely.
The question is whether ours can evolve faster than it decays.
The future of democracy depends less on ideology and more on how we manage truth, trust, and information.
Information hygiene and civic systems engineering may matter more than political slogans.
Information hygiene and civic systems engineering may matter more than political slogans.
October 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The future of democracy depends less on ideology and more on how we manage truth, trust, and information.
Information hygiene and civic systems engineering may matter more than political slogans.
Information hygiene and civic systems engineering may matter more than political slogans.
Escaping the filter means moving from representative to adaptive governance:
• Real-time feedback between citizens and leaders
• Broad public participation
• Transparent, data-driven systems that evolve continuously
• Real-time feedback between citizens and leaders
• Broad public participation
• Transparent, data-driven systems that evolve continuously
October 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Escaping the filter means moving from representative to adaptive governance:
• Real-time feedback between citizens and leaders
• Broad public participation
• Transparent, data-driven systems that evolve continuously
• Real-time feedback between citizens and leaders
• Broad public participation
• Transparent, data-driven systems that evolve continuously
The Democratic Great Filter Hypothesis:
Most democracies reach a stage where society changes faster than their institutions can adapt.
That mismatch is the filter.
Some evolve and renew. Others fracture or fall into authoritarianism.
Most democracies reach a stage where society changes faster than their institutions can adapt.
That mismatch is the filter.
Some evolve and renew. Others fracture or fall into authoritarianism.
October 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The Democratic Great Filter Hypothesis:
Most democracies reach a stage where society changes faster than their institutions can adapt.
That mismatch is the filter.
Some evolve and renew. Others fracture or fall into authoritarianism.
Most democracies reach a stage where society changes faster than their institutions can adapt.
That mismatch is the filter.
Some evolve and renew. Others fracture or fall into authoritarianism.
Today’s filters look different but feel familiar:
• Information overload and manipulation
• Polarization and identity politics
• Wealth concentration and elite influence
• Civic disengagement and distrust
Adaptability decides survival.
• Information overload and manipulation
• Polarization and identity politics
• Wealth concentration and elite influence
• Civic disengagement and distrust
Adaptability decides survival.
October 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Today’s filters look different but feel familiar:
• Information overload and manipulation
• Polarization and identity politics
• Wealth concentration and elite influence
• Civic disengagement and distrust
Adaptability decides survival.
• Information overload and manipulation
• Polarization and identity politics
• Wealth concentration and elite influence
• Civic disengagement and distrust
Adaptability decides survival.
When a democracy grows powerful, the same freedoms that made it thrive can start to collide with its own scale.
Old checks and balances can’t keep up with modern information speed and global reach.
Old checks and balances can’t keep up with modern information speed and global reach.
October 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When a democracy grows powerful, the same freedoms that made it thrive can start to collide with its own scale.
Old checks and balances can’t keep up with modern information speed and global reach.
Old checks and balances can’t keep up with modern information speed and global reach.