Surveillance capitalism is a novel economic system that has emerged in the digital era. It is characterized by the unilateral claim of private human experience as free raw material for translation into behavioral data. In this version of capitalism, predicting and influencing …
The Propaganda Model Has Limits
Normally, I let my pen rest during the summer months, but for some things, you set aside your habits. What has been happening in the context of the US presidential elections over the past few weeks is, to say the …
I Escaped
From an early age, I always had a need to get away from the noise of the modern world. Watch on Youtube HERE.
Source: BJØRN ANDREAS BULL-HANSEN Read the original article here: https://bull-hansen.com …
We Reap the Harvest of Lies
Public life has become disorienting. Most people, by and large, previously expected to hear the truth, or some semblance of it, in daily life. We would generally expect this from each other, but also from public media and authorities such …
We Reap the Harvest of Lies
Public life has become disorienting. Most people, by and large, previously expected to hear the truth, or some semblance of it, in daily life. We would generally expect this from each other, but also from public media and authorities such …
Letitia James vs. VDARE and the First Amendment
If a red-state politician weaponized the justice system to shut down a left-wing advocacy group, the media would surely invoke references to a parade of horribles including all the 20th century’s most loathsome dictators.
But in New York, state Attorney …
Our Hunger Games Unfold in Paris
People are outraged by the bizarre grotesquerie of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. Many are saying “they’ve gone too far” – They being, perhaps, the French Olympic Committee, or maybe the International Olympic Committee, or maybe…who knows? In any event, they cannot engage in overt mockery …
History, Technology, and a Balanced Attitude
The current generation stands before a gigantic irony of history – at least if human history is considered, as it has been since the 19th century, as a history of development. It was not only the Romantic Movement’s interest in …
What Happened to American Civics?
Man in tricorn hat at Bicentennial celebration, July 1975; Diana Mara Henry, https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph051-s01a-i00035
My son’s school assigned a civics project for summer vacation. The project’s scope is expansive and spans from explaining the history and functions of the three branches …
Missouri v. Biden/Kennedy v. Biden Update
As I explained in previous posts, back in 2023 the District Court combined (enjoined) our Missouri v. Biden case against government censorship with a similar case, Kennedy v. Biden, filed in the same court by plaintiffs Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, …
Canada’s “Worst Decline in 40 Years”
Canada’s standard of living is on track for its worst decline in 40 years, according to a new study by Canada’s Fraser Institute.
The study compared the three worst periods of decline in Canada in the last 40 years – the …
A Gen Xer Watched the Olympics Opening Ceremony …
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony has provoked many. It is being called “peak woke” and seems to have been a political statement more than anything. Watch on Youtube HERE.
Source: BJØRN ANDREAS BULL-HANSEN Read the original article here: …
Ten Points About Post-Lockdown Economics
The sudden economic lockdown of March 2020, the world over, was one of the more shocking moments in history. The very core of the economic problem from the beginning of recorded time was getting more of what people needed to …
Ten Points About Post-Lockdown Economics
The sudden economic lockdown of March 2020, the world over, was one of the more shocking moments in history. The very core of the economic problem from the beginning of recorded time was getting more of what people needed to …
The Politicization of Medical Research
I read the July 19, 2024 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association and realized that my profession, or at least the publication of medical articles, has seemingly become just an extension of a political party. It reinforced my memory of …