There’s way more going on in your head than there is in reality.
On AI, Fictional Codes, and the People Who Will Use Them to Make Claims on Your Person The Bullshit Machine has a new uniform. It's not a badge. It's not a suit. It's not a form with small print at the bottom. It's a conversational interface that sounds reasonable, moves fast, and has read everything... Continue Reading →
There is a version of health reasoning that sounds like this: “He’s a good person. God wouldn’t let that happen to him.” Or: “I’ve been faithful my whole life. I don’t deserve to be sick.” This is not how the body works. And the confusion between these two systems — belief and biology — is... Continue Reading →
There's a conversation most people never get to have. Not because it's forbidden — nobody is going to arrest you for asking the right questions, at least not yet — but because the environment never produces it. School doesn't produce it. The news definitely doesn't produce it. Your employer has no interest in producing it.... Continue Reading →
Click Here to get The Bullshit Machine 2! You saw the machine. Now what? Most people who wake up to the patterns running their life stop there. They name the programming, they see the habits, they understand the system — and then they spend the rest of their time managing it. Watching it. Describing it... Continue Reading →
The Origin Problem How the Machine Replaced You With a Record “The system doesn’t refute the truth. It simply stops.” — on administrative personhood There is one question the machine absolutely cannot answer without exposing itself. It’s not a trap. It’s not philosophical bait. It’s the most ordinary question in the world. You could ask... Continue Reading →
I'm almost done with my next book, "The Bullshit Machine 2: Navigating the Design of What We Are" and wanted to give a preview of what's coming, so here is the Introduction. Enjoy! Introduction Something Is Running Your Life And It Isn’t You I want to ask you something before we get into any of... Continue Reading →
The Bullshit Machine 