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Prof Maz Hardey
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Professor @ Durham University. Unravelling the mess of Tech, Education & AI. 🧶

Author of books on Disinformation | Women in Tech | GenAI | Health Tracking; reading everything else.

I see we’re all Stacking now https://open.substack.com/pub/thatprofmaz
Reposted by Prof Maz Hardey
The $48B "Shame-Free" industry is trying to delete our core hardware.

I argue for a Shame-Aware society instead. Your Drop into silence isn't a stain; it’s Biological Sovereignty. Refuse to be a JPEG. Refuse the predatory narrative.

Stay human. Stay uncomputable. open.substack.com/pub/thatprof...
The Brake Pedal: Why We Need the Emotion We Hate Most
It is shame, btw
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January 25, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The $48B "Shame-Free" industry is trying to delete our core hardware.

I argue for a Shame-Aware society instead. Your Drop into silence isn't a stain; it’s Biological Sovereignty. Refuse to be a JPEG. Refuse the predatory narrative.

Stay human. Stay uncomputable. open.substack.com/pub/thatprof...
The Brake Pedal: Why We Need the Emotion We Hate Most
It is shame, btw
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:02 PM
In an age of Zero-Shot AI and predatory extraction, reclaiming the right to be slow and incoherent is a radical act of resistance.

I’m looking at how Thomas Hardy and modern algorithms both use Lossy Compression on human trauma. Stop optimising. Start being uncomputable. 💾
January 25, 2026 at 12:02 PM
We are building a research culture based on Protective Intelligence, not performative speed. Read why we need the "brake pedal" to survive the algorithmic life-world: www.mariannhardey.com/technologica...

#LeverhulmeCAL #PhD #NoNarcs #AcademicSky
The Brake Pedal: Why We Need the Emotion We Hate Most
We are living in the age of the Shame-Free movement. Scroll through your feed, and you will see the mantras:  "Release your shame." "Shame is toxic. "  "Vibrate higher. "  We are told that shame...
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January 20, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Much applause!
January 19, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Appreciate the boost :-)
January 19, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Oh this is a strong cover.
January 17, 2026 at 11:05 AM
We are witnessing a generation reject the Broken Ladder, the promise that destroying your mental health for a decade buys you safety. They don't want the corner office. They want the autonomy to build a house on the ground. It’s time education caught up.
January 15, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I teach my students a hard truth: Summary is for AI. Critique is for Humans. If you submit a report that simply summarises a text, you are producing a commodity. You are producing a zero. The machine has a library, but it lacks a biography. It cannot feel the "plastic taste."
January 15, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Too kind! Thank you!
January 13, 2026 at 9:54 AM
I’m calling this the "Janina Duszejko Effect," after Olga Tokarczuk’s protagonist. The architects of the system are finally experiencing the interpretive violence they built for everyone else. Eventually, you cannot drive your plow over the bones of the dead and expect to grow a living future.
January 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM