Against the MachinePaul Kingsnorth
Against the Machine
by Paul Kingsnorth · first published 2025
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"So welcome to the machine" I'm reading Against The Machine by Paul Kingsnorth, and now reading this blog piece is hard not to make connections with the points of the book: the usage of the tree as a counter-argument for the machine's automation credo exposed…
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on “AI-Triggered Delusional Ideation as Folie a Deux Technologique” ↗