I cannot remember when I read Naomi's The Bodies of Others, but buried in a chapter near the end she voiced something that resonated so much with me I cried...when she finally spoke of her conviction that this was a war against evil, and that if evil exists , so must God....
I respect Naomi Wolf. She stood up and spoke out at her beloved alma mater, Yale University, in protest against Yale's vaccine mandates. She showed far more care and concern for the students than the current administration. I wonder if they will ever understand that.
A very long business card :-) One that should have been published two years ago, so that more people could be informed about the years to come. This is a great presentation of the person behind articles and online initiatives. Worked for me. Naomi Wolf was somewhat in the background of my reading, and it’s changed now. Thank you.
The point about our (human) not understanding the complexity of the destruction of social interactions is excellent. We follow human logic. Even if we depart from it and disrupt relationships, there is always some logic to explain it. We can trace back the causes, make repairs, or give up, and go back to our life.
When you put a machine at the steering wheel, you don’t know what will happen. With the Botland ruling online communities, people no longer react to human behaviors, and this skewed cycle gradually modifies their own thinking ways - effectively dehumanizing them.
And it’s not about the content, or about what the article, substack or post is about. The key issue is multitasking. A kid can program a bot with a selection of keywords to turn out 500 posts in a pretty cohesive manner per minute. Or 5 million. Or in multiple sites. And these artificially made posts can be for, against, maybe, why not, you idiot, or in any other style, all at the same time. Master confusion patterns, free of charge, with a few keystrokes.
The bot is not affected by its production. It will continue releasing dumbing stuff until you remove the plug. When a human being does it, he/she will become obsessed or mad. Confusion disables our mind. We need at least some logic and continuity to exist.
This is why “divide and conquer” is the only rule the oppressor needs to win. In any scenario: war, politics, business, and family - the best battle ground everybody knows.
My conclusion is, don’t talk to machines. This includes people who are already past the dehumanization stage and live by repetition only, with thinking disabled. There’s no point. They know better.
Great. Let’s make 2024 the Year of Human Relationships.
After reading "Facing the Beast," I commented on one of her substack articles that she had been red-pilled. Her reply was that she hadn't changed - they had (her tribe). I think she has always called them as she sees them, and she finally saw them as they really are, and always have been - a bunch of phonies out to impress each other, using every cause for personal gain. This is true even as far back as the "free speech movement" in the sixties and the anti war movement (how anti war are they now?). Take the wrapper off most leftists and you'll find an authoritarian inside.
Thanks for the intro on this book. I have taken exactly the same political path as Wolf. I even went to a lecture she gave on authoritarianism maybe 20 or 30 years ago. I think there's a difference between partisan puritans and partisans who are coalition builders. The puritans are typically putting down the opposing political party, telling mocking jokes about the "other side", and they avoid cooperating with the other side. The see other political parties as "enemies". The coalition builders seek commonalities with members of the opposing party, and do not see them as an enemy bloc. Wolf is a coalition builder, and I've always imagined myself to be so, too. During the last 20 years, more progressives have become puritans. This has been especially obvious in views toward Trump. Trump ended up keeping the US out of foreign military entanglements, and made moves to protect domestic industries, both of which should have earned him some creds among many US progressives. Instead, the opposite happened, and most progressives now quite ridiculously label him a "racist".
Inspired by the intro to Naomi's new book. A musical plunge from a relative utopia to dystopia, echoing the chaos of a world succumbing to lies, censorship, and a media controlled by global powers. Listen to BEFORE. https://turfseer.substack.com/p/before
There's so much here to digest I've already read it three times and I'm still digesting... I've read a fair amount of Naomi's posts but not this book, as yet. She's truly incredible. Shockingly so.
Your standout line has to be, "It's like The Man bought the kitten a fake, battery-powered mouse to chase around all day." That had me rolling but also wide awake to the layers of truth it holds.
Her point––yours also––of AI and machine learning opened up another can of nasty worms. I hope you open it further and write an expanded piece on AI's role in the pandemic and the zombie mindwarping underway.
I cannot remember when I read Naomi's The Bodies of Others, but buried in a chapter near the end she voiced something that resonated so much with me I cried...when she finally spoke of her conviction that this was a war against evil, and that if evil exists , so must God....
Yes, I remember that too...
I respect Naomi Wolf. She stood up and spoke out at her beloved alma mater, Yale University, in protest against Yale's vaccine mandates. She showed far more care and concern for the students than the current administration. I wonder if they will ever understand that.
A very long business card :-) One that should have been published two years ago, so that more people could be informed about the years to come. This is a great presentation of the person behind articles and online initiatives. Worked for me. Naomi Wolf was somewhat in the background of my reading, and it’s changed now. Thank you.
The point about our (human) not understanding the complexity of the destruction of social interactions is excellent. We follow human logic. Even if we depart from it and disrupt relationships, there is always some logic to explain it. We can trace back the causes, make repairs, or give up, and go back to our life.
When you put a machine at the steering wheel, you don’t know what will happen. With the Botland ruling online communities, people no longer react to human behaviors, and this skewed cycle gradually modifies their own thinking ways - effectively dehumanizing them.
And it’s not about the content, or about what the article, substack or post is about. The key issue is multitasking. A kid can program a bot with a selection of keywords to turn out 500 posts in a pretty cohesive manner per minute. Or 5 million. Or in multiple sites. And these artificially made posts can be for, against, maybe, why not, you idiot, or in any other style, all at the same time. Master confusion patterns, free of charge, with a few keystrokes.
The bot is not affected by its production. It will continue releasing dumbing stuff until you remove the plug. When a human being does it, he/she will become obsessed or mad. Confusion disables our mind. We need at least some logic and continuity to exist.
This is why “divide and conquer” is the only rule the oppressor needs to win. In any scenario: war, politics, business, and family - the best battle ground everybody knows.
My conclusion is, don’t talk to machines. This includes people who are already past the dehumanization stage and live by repetition only, with thinking disabled. There’s no point. They know better.
Great. Let’s make 2024 the Year of Human Relationships.
Re: "My conclusion is, don’t talk to machines."
Wise words. Far wiser than many people would ever imagine.
Happy new year.
Thank you for your work. It is the basis of future history books, I guess. Re-reading some of these statements after a time is eye opening.
Have a satisfying, healthy and creative year.
Dan
Thank you for your kind words, Dan. Best to you for 2024!
Well said. Wise words here...
It is all in the open for everyone to see.
After reading "Facing the Beast," I commented on one of her substack articles that she had been red-pilled. Her reply was that she hadn't changed - they had (her tribe). I think she has always called them as she sees them, and she finally saw them as they really are, and always have been - a bunch of phonies out to impress each other, using every cause for personal gain. This is true even as far back as the "free speech movement" in the sixties and the anti war movement (how anti war are they now?). Take the wrapper off most leftists and you'll find an authoritarian inside.
Naomi is, as you said (kind of), awesome! I made a video about the findings her 3500 member team made from the Pfizer Documents. https://rumble.com/v2w4fcu-pfizer-wanted-to-hide-the-data-from-you-for-75-years-but-phmpt-had-other-pl.html
Nice!
This is excellent. Thank you!! And God help us...
The finest steel is forged in the fiercest flame.
All of this! Thank you for sharing. I have been bearing witness too..
https://open.substack.com/pub/thecriticalmiddle/p/tiptoeing-slowly-away-from-hell
Thanks for the intro on this book. I have taken exactly the same political path as Wolf. I even went to a lecture she gave on authoritarianism maybe 20 or 30 years ago. I think there's a difference between partisan puritans and partisans who are coalition builders. The puritans are typically putting down the opposing political party, telling mocking jokes about the "other side", and they avoid cooperating with the other side. The see other political parties as "enemies". The coalition builders seek commonalities with members of the opposing party, and do not see them as an enemy bloc. Wolf is a coalition builder, and I've always imagined myself to be so, too. During the last 20 years, more progressives have become puritans. This has been especially obvious in views toward Trump. Trump ended up keeping the US out of foreign military entanglements, and made moves to protect domestic industries, both of which should have earned him some creds among many US progressives. Instead, the opposite happened, and most progressives now quite ridiculously label him a "racist".
Can anybody tell me more about Alex Berenson calling Naomi bat shit crazy?
Inspired by the intro to Naomi's new book. A musical plunge from a relative utopia to dystopia, echoing the chaos of a world succumbing to lies, censorship, and a media controlled by global powers. Listen to BEFORE. https://turfseer.substack.com/p/before
<3 Yep
There's so much here to digest I've already read it three times and I'm still digesting... I've read a fair amount of Naomi's posts but not this book, as yet. She's truly incredible. Shockingly so.
Your standout line has to be, "It's like The Man bought the kitten a fake, battery-powered mouse to chase around all day." That had me rolling but also wide awake to the layers of truth it holds.
Her point––yours also––of AI and machine learning opened up another can of nasty worms. I hope you open it further and write an expanded piece on AI's role in the pandemic and the zombie mindwarping underway.