"What disrupted this long-standing pattern was the emergence of Modern Techno-Industrial (MTI) society. This was not merely a new phase in economic production or political organisation, but a radical departure from all previous modes of existence. It introduced entirely new forms of energy capture, technological innovation, and systems of knowledge production. Crucially, MTI society managed, at least temporarily, to decouple population growth from the harsh checks of nature. Scientific medicine blunted the impact of disease. Mechanised agriculture and synthetic fertilisers pushed back the spectre of famine. Industrial-scale warfare became more devastating, but also more restrained by political and technological means. For the first time in the species’ history, H. sapiens had constructed a system powerful enough to hold back the ancient forces of collapse. But whether that system is stable, sustainable, or survivable in the long term remains an open question." - Philippe Bridau, The Metabolism of Techno Industrial Society

Master the technology you need to master and don’t let it master you. Then make something only you could make, that would go to the grave with you if you didn’t make it. Go build your New Florence in the forgotten places. - James Taylor Foreman

Droughts becoming more common. Data centres increasingly using clean water for cooling. Uncle Sam's favourite corporate sons colonising European lands and beyond. One resource will dictate wars in the future: water.

May Allah's light illuminate your path and guide you to joy and contentment. Jumma Mubarak 🕌

My 12 year old cousin got given his first smartphone today... time to intervene

Why all the signs of Muslim splinternet formation point to Nostr. We saw with the Arab spring how 21st century coups are formed through centralised cognition conditioning due to the West's monopoly on Fiber optics But with Nostr being an option for network formation, that takes care of cognition. What will be difficult is the fiber optics side, which would require an anchor state that's capable of developing an independent global fiber optic cable system which will be able to independently power these Nostr networks through data centers. Developing data centers for this will be a separate challenge

The West lost civilisational pull when it allowed its cybernetic class to develop not for its own sake but for the casino fiction of its empire. Technocratic solutions have become a tool for hyperfinancialisation of the riba system that keeps the empire alive. Accelerate 🌀

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