Part 2.5 of 5: The Human Data Cabal Series – Special Report In the 48 hours since we examined how influence operations work in theory, the U.S. government just handed a private company access to your tax records, Social Security number, bank accounts, and immigration data. All of it. In real-time. The numbers tell the … Read more
The Four Pillars: How the Influence Machine Actually Works Yesterday, we met Clay Montgomery, the Texas blacksmith who discovered his business was secretly enlisted in Big Tech’s political army. His story revealed the misdirection of our time: while we fear artificial intelligence, human intelligence is quietly taking control of our democratic institutions. But how exactly … Read more
The Greatest Misdirection of Our Time The Blacksmith Who Never Joined Big Tech’s Army Clay Montgomery owns a blacksmith shop in Texas. He works with his hands, shaping metal into useful objects the old-fashioned way. Technology, as he puts it, “is not exactly my forte.” So Montgomery was understandably confused when he discovered his business … Read more
The Genesis of Global Power: A Concise Summary The historical trajectories of oil and data reveal striking parallels in their evolution from niche commodities to global power drivers, while also highlighting fundamental differences that shape their unique impacts on society, economics, and geopolitics. Understanding these patterns offers crucial insights for navigating our resource-dependent future. Birth … Read more
Introduction When a self-driving car recognizes a stop sign or when facial recognition software identifies a person in a crowd, the technology appears seamlessly automated. Yet behind these AI marvels lies an invisible workforce of human laborers who painstakingly labeled millions of images, videos, and data points to train these systems. In India and the … Read more