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Trump’s Washington Is a Technofascist Fantasy—With or Without Musk

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The so-called Department of Government Efficiency was many things in the first months of the second Trump administration. It was a chain saw, a wood chipper, and “a way of life, like Buddhism,” according to Elon Musk, its fearless leader according to everyone but the president’s lawyers. It was a funnel of disinfo, a conflict […]

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Tech Moguls Want to Found a Crypto Paradise on a Native American Reservation

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Early last year, a group of entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts from around the world gathered inside a newly built dome on the Honduran island of Roatán to grapple with a problem: For thought leaders who want to move fast and break things, what can be done about laws that get in the way? The conference, […]

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Tech Moguls Want to Build a Crypto Paradise on a Native American Reservation

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Early last year, a group of entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts from around the world gathered inside a newly built dome on the Honduran island of Roatán to grapple with a problem: For thought leaders who want to move fast and break things, what can be done about laws that get in the way? The conference, […]

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Tech Moguls Want to Build a Crypto Paradise on a Native American Reservation

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Early last year, a group of entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts from around the world gathered inside a newly built dome on the Honduran island of Roatán to grapple with a problem: For thought leaders who want to move fast and break things, what can be done about laws that get in the way? The conference, […]

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The 4chan-Coded Ideology Behind Elon Musk’s War on Normies

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In September, Elon Musk amplified a post from Autism Capital—a pro-Trump X account that he often reposts—that read: “Only high T alpha males and aneurotypical people (hey autists!) are actually free to parse new information with an objective ‘is this true?’ filter. This is why a Republic of high status males is best for decision […]

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A Better Way to Think About Tech’s Hold on Modern Parenting

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The internet does not have a face. But if it did, I imagine it drools with anticipation when a user begins considering parenthood. It will proceed to unfold reams upon reams of guidance: how to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and raise the optimal child. The user can click and purchase their way through developmental milestones, […]

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A Better Way to Think About Tech’s Hold on Modern Parenting

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The internet does not have a face. But if it did, I imagine it drools with anticipation when a user begins considering parenthood. It will proceed to unfold reams upon reams of guidance: how to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and raise the optimal child. The user can click and purchase their way through developmental milestones, […]

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AI Slop Farms Are Churning Out Fake Heartwarming Videos About Trump Figures  

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The judge demanded that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt remove her cross necklace, but soon he was humiliated. A man tried to yell at Vice President JD Vance in a cafe, but soon, he too was brought low. Barron Trump triumphed in a debate over a “liberal student” who bore a striking resemblance to […]

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Christian “TheoBros” Are Building a Tech Utopia in Appalachia

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A couple of years ago, Andrew Isker, a pastor and father of six, made a big decision. He would move his family away from Minnesota, where six generations of his ancestors had lived before him, to a rural community in Tennessee. Leaving his home state wasn’t easy, he told Tucker Carlson on Carlson’s YouTube show […]

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The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI

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One evening in March 2017, Hoan Ton-That, an Australian coder building a powerful facial recognition system, emailed his American business partners with a plan to deploy their fledgling technology. “Border patrol pitch,” the subject line read. He hoped to persuade the federal government to integrate their product with border surveillance cameras so that their newly […]

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