Category: Science and Technology

Russia’s “model town” to fast-track biometrics and digital ruble in local economy

Sirius, a municipality near Sochi billed as “the future of Russia”, will accelerate “digital transformation” in markets and restaurants Edward Slavsquat Mar 04, 2025 Image credit: rosinvest.com The Sirius Federal Territory, a former suburb of Sochi, intends to fast-track the use of robots, artificial intelligence, biometric technologies, and […]

World’s Largest Call Center Deploys AI to “Neutralize the Accent” of Indian Employees

Feb 28, 12:03 PM EST by Noor Al-Sibai Well, that’s dystopian. / Artificial Intelligence/ Accent Translation/ Ai Voice/ Call Centers Image by Getty / Futurism Fresh off the heels of the AI-powered accent adjustments in the Oscar-nominated 2024 film “The Brutalist,” the French company that owns the largest call center in the world has […]

The Ugly Face of Capitalism

Troy Southgate Feb 17, 2025 WHY am I not surprised that the trout-faced billionaire responsible for throwing his money at Silicon Valley’s transhumanists looks less and less human every day? It’s not even like he’s in the process of transitioning from one form of existence to another; in […]

Love bytes

View in browser   |  Your newsletter preferences 02.10.25 By today’s standards, my millennial adventures in love and dating could not be more quaint. Mortifying and often regrettable? Sure. Primarily mediated through AI-enhanced smartphone apps and webcam livestreams? Not so much. There was the high school boyfriend I met […]

Cyborg Babies on Adderall

thought digest, 01.28.2025 Katherine Dee Jan 28, 2025 I’m Katherine Dee. I read in an industry newsletter that I should re-introduce myself in every post. 😓 I’m an Internet ethnographer, sometimes podcaster, and reporter. I spend maybe 20 hours a week talking to people about how they use […]

Silicon Fen? More Like Silicon Fantasy

30 January, 2025 Sebastian Wang Rachel Reeves plans to create a “British Silicon Valley” between Oxford and Cambridge. Forgive me if I don’t get excited. This is yet another example of political grandstanding masquerading as visionary policymaking. It’s a headline-grabber, designed to make us forget that Britain’s economy […]

Science and Conspiracy

From natural theology to scientific naturalism Michael Rectenwald Jan 24, 2025 I took a hiatus from writing about contemporary politics to finish my thirteenth book. I know, not the best timing, given the rapid and breath-taking political sweep we are witnessing during the first few days of the […]

The Importance of Mortality

Troy Southgate Jan 04, 2025 JUST as Transhumanism’s claim to improve or supplement human existence ultimately spells death for authentic individuality, so too does attempting to escape mortality help to forego our true path to immortality. We see this in Neoplatonism, for example, when Iamblichus of Syria (240-325) […]

The Intellectual Environment of Donald Trump: From Populism to Transhumanism and Technofeudalism

by Alexander Markovics Arktos Journal Jan 08, 2025 Alexander Markovics argues that Trump’s resurgence represents a revolutionary transformation in the American zeitgeist, driven by a populist-futuristic nationalism that seeks to replace the liberal-globalist establishment with a new cadre of strong leaders, visionary innovators, and patriotic trailblazers. Trump’s Election […]

Drones

Caitlin Johnstone Dec 22, 2024 Listen to a reading by Tim Foley: Drones fill the air and block out the natural sky. Drones armed with sniper rifles fly over Gaza at night playing the sounds of crying babies to lure civilians out of hiding. Drones surveil protest movements […]

With Threats to Encryption Looming, Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Says ‘We’re Not Changing’ & more

With Threats to Encryption Looming, Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Says ‘We’re Not Changing’ Lily Hay Newman At WIRED’s The Big Interview event, the president of the Signal Foundation talked about secure communications as critical infrastructure and the need for a new funding paradigm for tech. READ Watch WIRED’s Big […]

Robot Rights Advocacy

The question everyone has forgotten to ask Sectionalism Archive Dec 04, 2024 I’m very busy this week, as many people are, but I still want to release something, so I thought I would write a shorter article on a topic I have been thinking about a lot with […]

Science Is Retarded Alchemy

On the Alchemic, Hermetic origins of science, the rise of pathological materialism and why futurism is doomed without a restoration of a more true science William Hunter Duncan Nov 29, 2024 There is something of a meme floating in the right-sphere, if you think The Current Science is […]

The WHIMS of Mars

What will move the hearts of men to go to Mars, the kinds of men that will go, the kinds of Martians they will become, and the society that they will build John Carter Nov 27, 2024 Vladimir Manyukhin The smallest of movements can divert timelines onto entirely […]