Manufactured Consent & AI
This Christmas break I guess I was feeling existential, so I read some Noam Chomsky. In 1988, Chomsky co-authored Manufacturing Consent . His argument was simple: people in power don’t need to force us to agree with them. They just use the media to curate what we see and hear until we believe their goals are actually our own. He broke it down into Five Filters : Ownership: Media outlets are profit-driven corporations. They won't platform ideas that threaten the capitalist sy
Jan 63 min read
Trust, AI, and Blockchain
I work at a blockchain company. I joined 4 years ago because I spoke with the founders and saw them as good, ethical people. And because, philosophically, I like the mission of decentralizing financial power. And also, because, I like being on the forefront of new frameworks for existence. Whether blockchain today is drifting away from the mission of decentralization because capitalism is the more alluring pull is a separate discussion point. I also, years ago, worked on Goog
Dec 8, 20253 min read
What's the point of writing blog posts in the era of AI?
I lament that written content feels almost moot, with every post and content turned into some automated nonsense with no actual insight. I returned to this blog after a long hiatus only to be prompted by Wix.com on the home dashboard page to make an AI post. (yes I know I'm painfully lazy to not host my own site) I gave the AI prompt this headline "What's the point of writing blog posts in the era of AI?"and it output this comically hypocritical piece of poo-poo: On top of t
Nov 9, 20251 min read
What peer-reviewed science says about gender fluidity
There is a growing amount of research diving into sex (biological anatomy) and gender (social construction). We've all heard the vehement...
Dec 10, 20223 min read
