The Digital Crucifixion Problem There is a mechanism as old as recorded history that is currently running at a scale and speed no previous era could have produced. It goes like this. A high profile accused person appears. The crowd forms. The crowd decides. And then the crowd applies pressure to the system until the... Continue Reading →
The Insanity of Belief
Let me be clear before anything else. When I use the word insanity here, I am not insulting anyone. I am describing a mechanical condition. A person whose entire world is built on unreliable secondhand information, defended by substanceless identity, and enforced by legal fiction is not evil or stupid. They are operating a structure... Continue Reading →