The single greatest unrecognized threat to human civilization is not climate change, AI misalignment, or nuclear war—it is the impending collapse of trust in digital verification systems. The Pattern We Keep Missing History reveals a merciless pattern: societies build elaborate systems of trust, grow overconfident in their complexity, then watch them collapse with stunning speed … Read more
The Choice We Face: The Window Is Closing Seven days ago, we met Clay Montgomery, a Texas blacksmith who discovered his business had been secretly enlisted in Big Tech’s political army. His confusion was understandable – he’d never signed up to advocate for corporate interests he didn’t understand. But Clay’s story was never really about … Read more
History Repeats: When Humans Corrupt Their Tools Over the past two days, we’ve seen how Clay Montgomery’s blacksmith shop became an unwilling soldier in Big Tech’s political army, and we’ve dissected the four-pillar influence machine that makes such manipulation possible. But this isn’t the first time powerful interests have used new technology to concentrate control … Read more
I asked all 10 major AI systems the same question about American freedom. Their unanimous answer will shock you. THE UNPRECEDENTED RESULTS Look, I didn’t expect this. I was just trying to get some objective analysis on a few questions that had been bothering me. So I polled every major AI system available with identical … Read more
Part 2.7 of 5: The Human Data Cabal Series – Interlude Before we continue with Part 3, I need to step outside the main story for a moment. While researching background for this series, I discovered something that completely reframes everything we’ve been examining. Consider this an interlude—essential context before the story continues. When I … Read more
Part 2.6 of 5: The Human Data Cabal Series – Special Report 72 hours ago, we documented how Palantir’s surveillance infrastructure went operational with $113 million in new government contracts, creating unprecedented access to your tax records, Social Security number, bank accounts, and immigration data. 48 hours ago, a very public feud erupted between Donald … Read more
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
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