Learned Helplessness in the Age of Information Overload: Recognizing and Resisting Engineered Passivity

LEarned Hopelessness and its devastating effects on humanity

It is a fact well known to those who know me that I’ve been operating in the computer and Internet sector for well over three and a half decades, including fifteen years as a troubleshooter for Google, solving problems for companies around the globe, including some of the world’s largest corporations. My professional time has…

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The Death of Privacy: Your Phone and Computer Are Big Brother’s Tools

The Death of Privacy - Your Device is a Spy

Imagine this: You’re snapping a family photo on your iPhone, making a quick note on your Windows laptop, or sending a meme via X. Innocent, right? But silently, in the background, your own device is spying on you… scanning every pixel, every word, every file, for “suspicious” content. And if it doesn’t like what it…

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Europe’s New Laws Will Silence Our Global Voices: Why You Should Worry

The public square is being increasingly surveilled and censored.

The internet is our open square, a place where anyone – from a blogger in Novosibirsk to a student in Nairobi – can freely speak their mind. But in Europe, new laws and corporate moves set for 2025 are building walls around this freedom, and they could affect you, no matter where you are. As…

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