Andrew McCluskey

Extremist movements capitalize on this motivational state, empowering those seeking purpose or meaning by connecting them with a community that not only validates their feelings of frustration or insignificance but also offers them a ready explanation for their grievances and ways to reaffirm their social significance – one that promotes... See more

For these communities, hearing a generative model spit out a synthetic gospel track or an AI-generated country twang is not just an artistic affront, it can feel like outright blasphemy, proof that tech elites would rather manufacture culture than nurture it.

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As a member of Gen X I’m looking at life and wondering how the hell it all got so fucked up. The Boomers came in – rode the backs of the war generation – took all the drugs, the housing, jobs and money and are still there today – ruling the planet, hoarding their resources, believing they deserved it and not considering the fucking winning lottery... See more

Crucially, these systems provided temporal insulation. New ideas were protected from immediate suppression or premature assimilation long enough to circulate, stabilize, and eventually become mundane. That protective function allows heretical thought to survive long enough to become common sense.