youve been sold a new paradigm.
where the personal computer was meant to be your own library, research, creation center, with a variety of communication protocols available to share information between coomputers.
youve been told its a thin client for a corporate controlled internet. side step that trend. stick with the sovereign paradigm. and for your own sake, use, defend, fund, and contribure to Free Software.
thinking about large scale patterns, sitting by the fire.
ChatGPT says, "I think you just put your finger on one of history’s nastiest little rhythms:
Founding legitimacy = “we exist to set things right.”
Late-stage legitimacy = “we exist to manage ourselves.”
And when the gap between those two gets too wide, a rival “of-the-people” legitimacy starts glowing somewhere else—usually on the edges.
the thing about AI i find most interesting is not AI. Its the human marketing trying to convince potential customers it is a superior intellect. And how many scifi bros buy it hook line and sinker.
