In the film Brazil by Terry Gilliam, the world runs on a tangle of ducts, pipes, and machinery that no one truly understands anymore. When something breaks, the official repairmen show up in crisp uniforms carrying clipboards and stamped forms. They recite regulations and follow procedures written decades earlier by
Reclaiming Individual Control in the Age of Data and AI
Abstract
Artificial intelligence and data have become the defining resources of the 21st century—fueling economies, governance, and human identity itself. Yet, as with oil or gold in prior eras, control over these resources determines who holds real power. DataSphere
The Florida Gulf Coast burned orange.
Sunlight bled across the flat blue water west of Naples, turning every ripple into molten glass. The air hung thick with salt, diesel, and decay.
Patrol Skimmer 239 traced the blue-and-white sand shoreline — part cruiser, part hover drone — its turbines whispering low over the
The wall screen blinked on at six sharp, the voice cheerful and practiced — synthetic warmth wrapped around perfect diction.
“Good morning, citizens! Today marks a historic milestone in our nation’s journey toward complete automation. As of midnight, human operation of motor vehicles is officially prohibited under the Global Mobility
How to Save TRUTH in the Age of Synthetic Minds
1. The Fog We Breathe
Every day, billions of invisible signals fill the digital air — posts, comments, headlines, fragments of conversation.
Some are true. Most are half-true. Some are outright lies. And a growing number were never human to begin
Understanding Biology Through Energy and Information Flow
(The Matryoshka Model of Life and Intelligence)
If you’ve ever opened a set of Russian nesting dolls — the wooden matryoshka — you know the quiet satisfaction of revealing form within form.
Each smaller figure mirrors the larger, perfectly shaped to fit inside, yet
