The Authoritarian Stack 2
The Authoritarian Stack: It starts with Palantir: The following are clips from an interactive website showing the ongoing, functional control of the US Government by Silicon Valley and Venture Capital. … Continue reading →
10 Years of Engage
Engage! is now ten years old. I started this blog back in 2015, after making my Bodhisattva vows. The blog was a way for me to express and work through … Continue reading →
Tech Lords are Worried
The following is a video playback of Gil Duran’s conversation with Wajahat Ali on The Left Hook. The strength of the democratic uprising on Tuesday Nov. 4 shows that we … Continue reading →
The Authoritarian Stack
Gil Duran connected his newsletter readers to a visual network of Silicon Valley companies, billionaires, ideologues, politicos, and technologies that are, right now, in the process of replacing “antiquated” democracy … Continue reading →
Gen Z Revolutions Across the Globe
It’s not just South Asia—Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal—that are seeing Gen Z youth protest political corruption and economic inequality; it’s happening around the world. Gen Z youth are leading … Continue reading →
Surplus Humanity & Futural Communism
Surplus Humanity & Futural Communism By holopoiesis on August 6, 2025The slogan “We are the 99%” emerged during the Occupy movement, thanks in large part by David Graeber, to point to the extreme disparity … Continue reading →
Transition Towns Post-Mortem: An Opportunity Lost
Transition Towns Post-Mortem: an Opportunity Lost [Editor: this article stems from my ten years of doctoral research and thinking about Transition Towns, a movement for local resilience and climate change … Continue reading →
Mahdawi Free on Bail, Awaits Trial for Removal
Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi is free on bail after a judge ordered his release from federal immigration custody on April 30, weeks after armed DHS agents detained him in … Continue reading →
Yes, it’s still going on…
While everyone is glued to the Stock Market Wheel of Fortune gameshow… Too Swift for Human Rights: The Catastrophic Cost of Eliminating Government Oversight over Immigration Enforcement BY ZAIN LAKHANI, … Continue reading →
The Gods of Silicon Valley
[Editor:] Recently, I have offered the work of The Nerd Reich, book and podcast, as a way to understand the underlying technical and economic structure of the political regime in … Continue reading →
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