#alienation — Public Fediverse posts

✮ Lady Green Sat on a Cob ✮

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i feel like, too often, all the advice we give/receive for dealing with our struggles is based in uncritical acceptance of social atomization as a fact of life, a law of the universe.

that painful void is left where social connection should be and it can’t be filled with consumer goods or shame. #socialatomization #alienation #socialdeath #neoliberalism #competitiveindividualism #consumerism #individualism #antipsych #antipsychiatry #solidarity #communitybuilding #socialconnection #lonelinessepidemic #disability #harmreduction #substanceuse #depression #mentalhealth #behavioralhealth

All-new in SEP, Capitalism, by Chiara Cordelli,

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/capitalism/

#sep #capitalism #kapitalismi #Economics #talous #riisto #exploitation #property #ownership #omistus #socialism #sosialismi #yhteiskunta #society #work #labor #työ #political #politicalPhilosophy #economy #filosofia #philosophy #concept #hayek #marx #domination #alienation #nature #weber #keynes #polanyi #freedom

✮ The Crash Out ✮ 

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Le néofascisme, un capitalisme d’État d’urgence ? [Podcast]
https://www.contretemps.eu/neofascisme-capitalisme-crise-etat-urgence-podcast-romaric-godin/
#Politique #Théorie #UnePrincipale #Aliénation #Autoritarisme #Capitalisme #Climat #Écologie #Économie #Fascisme

Le néofascisme, un capitalisme d’État d’urgence ? [Podcast]
https://www.contretemps.eu/neofascisme-capitalisme-crise-etat-urgence-podcast-romaric-godin/
#Politique #Théorie #UnePrincipale #Aliénation #Autoritarisme #Capitalisme #Climat #Écologie #Économie #Fascisme

Film Review: Backrooms—Horror for the Age of Capitalist Decline

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://communistusa.org/film-review-backrooms-horror-for-the-age-of-capitalist-decline/

Film Review: Backrooms—Horror for the Age of Capitalist Decline

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://communistusa.org/film-review-backrooms-horror-for-the-age-of-capitalist-decline/

NO.

Japan’s AI gamble: Can technology offset the cost of an ageing society? https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/7/21/japan-ai-gamble-can-technology-offset-the-cost-of-an-ageing-society?traffic_source=rss

#tech #alienation #ageism #fascism

NO.

Japan’s AI gamble: Can technology offset the cost of an ageing society? https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/7/21/japan-ai-gamble-can-technology-offset-the-cost-of-an-ageing-society?traffic_source=rss

#tech #alienation #ageism #fascism

"Four million fewer visitors came to the United States in 2025 than in 2024, at an estimated cost of more than $8 billion. Even as Europe increased its military spending by 14 percent, to $864 billion, in 2025, its military purchases from American companies actually fell by almost half":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/opinion/america-trump-nato-europe-world.html
None of this is making America great again. It harms Americans when Trump, #PutinsPuppet, follows Putin's wishes.
#politics #alienation #mismanagement #economy

"Four million fewer visitors came to the United States in 2025 than in 2024, at an estimated cost of more than $8 billion. Even as Europe increased its military spending by 14 percent, to $864 billion, in 2025, its military purchases from American companies actually fell by almost half":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/opinion/america-trump-nato-europe-world.html
None of this is making America great again. It harms Americans when Trump, #PutinsPuppet, follows Putin's wishes.
#politics #alienation #mismanagement #economy

Le visage perplexe de la femme est parfait pour représenter l' #aliénation de vivre dans le #capitalisme mûr quie est le vrai thème de l'image.
J'espère que ce soit l'oeuvre d'un artiste dénonçant notre vivre moderne plus que une vraie pub.

Le visage perplexe de la femme est parfait pour représenter l' #aliénation de vivre dans le #capitalisme mûr quie est le vrai thème de l'image.
J'espère que ce soit l'oeuvre d'un artiste dénonçant notre vivre moderne plus que une vraie pub.

A Trollish New Campus Novel Hates Students and Professors Alike

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/a-trollish-new-campus-novel-hates-students-and-professors-alike

A Trollish New Campus Novel Hates Students and Professors Alike

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/a-trollish-new-campus-novel-hates-students-and-professors-alike

After forty years looking at the relationship between science and the public I have come to recognise that the problem is not communication or understanding, but alienation.

With this in mind, In my latest post I take Hartmut Rosa's idea of "resonance" as a counterpoint to alienation and invite theorists and practitioners to apply it to the public engagement with science.

#science #public #alienation #communication #ScienceCommunication #scicomm

https://literacyofthepresent.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/resonance-and-the-public-engagement-with-science/.

After forty years looking at the relationship between science and the public I have come to recognise that the problem is not communication or understanding, but alienation.

With this in mind, In my latest post I take Hartmut Rosa's idea of "resonance" as a counterpoint to alienation and invite theorists and practitioners to apply it to the public engagement with science.

#science #public #alienation #communication #ScienceCommunication #scicomm

https://literacyofthepresent.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/resonance-and-the-public-engagement-with-science/.

Head and Feet Blues (SONG)

One of my favorites when Jeremiahs Run was still performing live.

This is a story about a man who split himself in two.
One part stayed the same the other just grew and grew.
One part stayed in one place, the other up and joined the ratrace.
He had his head in one place and his feet in another.

Head in one place feet in another. You got your head in one place, your feet in another. Your heart’s disconnected one way or the other. Head in one place feet in another.

The part that never changed was always true,
it was always old and the growing part was always new.
While one part was dying from entropy the other part was dying from too much speed,
Head in one place feet in another.

Head in one place feet in another. You got your head in one place, your feet in another. Your heart’s disconnected one way or the other. Head in one place feet in another.

I heard a story about a man who split himself in two.
One part stayed the same, the other just grew and grew.
I got to wondering when the story was through which part was me and which part was you.
Head in one place feet in another

Head in one place feet in another. You got your head in one place, your feet in another. Your heart’s disconnected one way or the other. Head in one place feet in another.

Song written October 27, 1998

Head and Feet Blues (SONG)

One of my favorites when Jeremiahs Run was still performing live.

This is a story about a man who split himself in two.
One part stayed the same the other just grew and grew.
One part stayed in one place, the other up and joined the ratrace.
He had his head in one place and his feet in another.

Head in one place feet in another. You got your head in one place, your feet in another. Your heart’s disconnected one way or the other. Head in one place feet in another.

The part that never changed was always true,
it was always old and the growing part was always new.
While one part was dying from entropy the other part was dying from too much speed,
Head in one place feet in another.

Head in one place feet in another. You got your head in one place, your feet in another. Your heart’s disconnected one way or the other. Head in one place feet in another.

I heard a story about a man who split himself in two.
One part stayed the same, the other just grew and grew.
I got to wondering when the story was through which part was me and which part was you.
Head in one place feet in another

Head in one place feet in another. You got your head in one place, your feet in another. Your heart’s disconnected one way or the other. Head in one place feet in another.

Song written October 27, 1998

#Work is a #cult, here's how to #escape by #HazelThayer #BullshitJobs #Graber #Alienation #Marx #Russel #InPraiseOfIdleness #Workism #yt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1TuR6z22Zc

#Work is a #cult, here's how to #escape by #HazelThayer #BullshitJobs #Graber #Alienation #Marx #Russel #InPraiseOfIdleness #Workism #yt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1TuR6z22Zc

#Alienation tauchte zum ersten Mal im Protokoll der 60. Sitzung des 21. Deutschen Bundestages am 27.02.2026 auf. Es wurde im Rahmen der Rede von Kathrin Gebel (DIE LINKE) gesagt.

Video: https://de.openparliament.tv/media/DE-0210060041?q=Alienation&t=75.940,90.080&f=DieAnorDer,AlieSyndGlau&c=l

#Alienation tauchte zum ersten Mal im Protokoll der 60. Sitzung des 21. Deutschen Bundestages am 27.02.2026 auf. Es wurde im Rahmen der Rede von Kathrin Gebel (DIE LINKE) gesagt.

Video: https://de.openparliament.tv/media/DE-0210060041?q=Alienation&t=75.940,90.080&f=DieAnorDer,AlieSyndGlau&c=l

It was only after looking at the details of the consultant lung surgeon that I understood what he was saying, he is a russian... I'm not dying I said to my partner, no she said he was from Moscow... My fear and alienation shrank in size. #alienation #philosophy

So finally after I am feeling recovered from the operation on the 24th of May.  My new job of growing old and patienthood is as alienating as its possible to imagine. As of today I have five or six scheduled meetings in June... perhaps in july it will either be radiotherapy or surgery to remove the cancer in my right lung... by autumn i may have recovered... #alienation #philosophy

So finally after I am feeling recovered from the operation on the 24th of May.  My new job of growing old and patienthood is as alienating as its possible to imagine. As of today I have five or six scheduled meetings in June... perhaps in july it will either be radiotherapy or surgery to remove the cancer in my right lung... by autumn i may have recovered... #alienation #philosophy

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« Retrouver une forme de sérénité, c’est peut-être accepter de redevenir invisible aux yeux de l’algorithme pour redevenir présent à soi-même. Car si exister, c’est être vu, alors vivre, c’est sans doute accepter, par moments, de disparaître. » https://www.ledevoir.com/actualites/le-devoir-de/980693/alienation-marxiste-narcissisme-social-ere-algorithmique

#Philosophie #MédiasSociaux #Aliénation

« Retrouver une forme de sérénité, c’est peut-être accepter de redevenir invisible aux yeux de l’algorithme pour redevenir présent à soi-même. Car si exister, c’est être vu, alors vivre, c’est sans doute accepter, par moments, de disparaître. » https://www.ledevoir.com/actualites/le-devoir-de/980693/alienation-marxiste-narcissisme-social-ere-algorithmique

#Philosophie #MédiasSociaux #Aliénation

LLMs Corrupt Your Documents (and the Theory Dies Twice)

by Christian Ekrem: https://cekrem.github.io/posts/llms-corrupt-your-documents/

#commoditization #acceleration #work #productivity #GenerativeAI #AIRisks #chatBots #alienation #tech #technoCriticism #compliance #bias #documents #documentation

LLMs Corrupt Your Documents (and the Theory Dies Twice)

by Christian Ekrem: https://cekrem.github.io/posts/llms-corrupt-your-documents/

#commoditization #acceleration #work #productivity #GenerativeAI #AIRisks #chatBots #alienation #tech #technoCriticism #compliance #bias #documents #documentation

🗨️ Tom décrit son parcours de travailleur pauvre, obligé de faire des pauses au RSA, pour souffler et récupérer entre deux périodes d’exploitation.

🗣️ Il dépeint l’absurde, chronophage et anxiogène dédale bureaucratique que lui a fait emprunter la cellule de contrôle RSA ainsi que son impitoyable modus operandi, destiné à épuiser et faire craquer les allocataires pour qu’ils renoncent à leurs droits.

2/5

#RSA #précarité #pauvreté #travail #aliénation #exploitation #surveillance #violence #droit

🗨️ Tom décrit son parcours de travailleur pauvre, obligé de faire des pauses au RSA, pour souffler et récupérer entre deux périodes d’exploitation.

🗣️ Il dépeint l’absurde, chronophage et anxiogène dédale bureaucratique que lui a fait emprunter la cellule de contrôle RSA ainsi que son impitoyable modus operandi, destiné à épuiser et faire craquer les allocataires pour qu’ils renoncent à leurs droits.

2/5

#RSA #précarité #pauvreté #travail #aliénation #exploitation #surveillance #violence #droit

“A rat race is for rats. We’re not rats. We’re human beings.”

Shipyard union leader James Reid was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow in 1971. He gave his rectorial address #OTD, 28 April, 1972. The New York Times reprinted it, & called it the greatest political speech since the Gettysburg Address. Read it online at

https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_167194_smxx.pdf

#Scottish #literature #politics #alienation #politicalspeech #Glasgow #GlasgowUniversity #TradesUnions #workingclass #WorkingClassHistory

“A rat race is for rats. We’re not rats. We’re human beings.”

Shipyard union leader James Reid was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow in 1971. He gave his rectorial address #OTD, 28 April, 1972. The New York Times reprinted it, & called it the greatest political speech since the Gettysburg Address. Read it online at

https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_167194_smxx.pdf

#Scottish #literature #politics #alienation #politicalspeech #Glasgow #GlasgowUniversity #TradesUnions #workingclass #WorkingClassHistory

@tef @vfig @EndlessMason Certainly work can be thought of as a pleasure or a burden to some degree. Intensive production whether manual or automated accelerates #alienation and #conflict Overproduction is not sustainable and idleness does not produce creativity. All, is not for the best if people don’t do their best for each other. If just for a very few technology serves and protects those who abuse and destroy capital. Work, is for the worst! The good is for the many, the worst is for the few.

@tef @vfig @EndlessMason Certainly work can be thought of as a pleasure or a burden to some degree. Intensive production whether manual or automated accelerates #alienation and #conflict Overproduction is not sustainable and idleness does not produce creativity. All, is not for the best if people don’t do their best for each other. If just for a very few technology serves and protects those who abuse and destroy capital. Work, is for the worst! The good is for the many, the worst is for the few.

‘The art of logic therefore being (as we have mentioned), too late a precaution,[1] and in no way remedying[7] the matter, has tended more to confirm errors, than to disclose truth. Our only remaining hope and salvation is to begin the whole labor of the mind again; not leaving it to itself, but directing it perpetually from the very first, and attaining our end as it were by mechanical aid.’ Lord Bacon’s MCMII, Novum Organon #Art #Logic #Philosophy #Mechanisation #Experimentation #Alienation #Ai #ApocalypseEmpires #AbnormalEthics #ForItsOwnSake !

To the autonomous control of information, Artificial Information and the colonial destruction of Worlds? https://www.gutenberg.org/files/45988/45988-h/45988-h.htm

‘The art of logic therefore being (as we have mentioned), too late a precaution,[1] and in no way remedying[7] the matter, has tended more to confirm errors, than to disclose truth. Our only remaining hope and salvation is to begin the whole labor of the mind again; not leaving it to itself, but directing it perpetually from the very first, and attaining our end as it were by mechanical aid.’ Lord Bacon’s MCMII, Novum Organon #Art #Logic #Philosophy #Mechanisation #Experimentation #Alienation #Ai #ApocalypseEmpires #AbnormalEthics #ForItsOwnSake !

To the autonomous control of information, Artificial Information and the colonial destruction of Worlds? https://www.gutenberg.org/files/45988/45988-h/45988-h.htm

"Chatbots can be regarded as subjects without subjectivity because they lack those characteristics that make us actual subjects in the first place: biographically shaped trajectories of the past, which are themselves preconditions for self-reflection and, with it, for efforts at social transformation. AI’s responses do not arise from actual experience but from the statistical aggregation of other people’s pasts.

Whereas human subjectivity essentially involves reflection on one’s own past and is therefore capable of self-transformation, the chatbot merely reproduces the dominant thinking of the documented past. In this sense, it tends toward the stabilization and reproduction of the status quo.

For instance, as highlighted by AI ethics expert Zinnya del Villar, language models like GPT and BERT often associate jobs such as “nurse” with women and “scientist” with men, reflecting stereotypes embedded in their training data from historical texts and media. Similarly, when trained on past hiring examples rife with bias — such as résumés favoring men for technical roles — these systems perpetuate gender discrimination by filtering applications in ways that reinforce outdated norms, rather than innovating beyond them through critical reflection."

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/ai-critical-thinking-chatbots-subjectivity

#AI #LLMs #Chatbots #GenerativeAI #CriticalThinking #Alienation

"Chatbots can be regarded as subjects without subjectivity because they lack those characteristics that make us actual subjects in the first place: biographically shaped trajectories of the past, which are themselves preconditions for self-reflection and, with it, for efforts at social transformation. AI’s responses do not arise from actual experience but from the statistical aggregation of other people’s pasts.

Whereas human subjectivity essentially involves reflection on one’s own past and is therefore capable of self-transformation, the chatbot merely reproduces the dominant thinking of the documented past. In this sense, it tends toward the stabilization and reproduction of the status quo.

For instance, as highlighted by AI ethics expert Zinnya del Villar, language models like GPT and BERT often associate jobs such as “nurse” with women and “scientist” with men, reflecting stereotypes embedded in their training data from historical texts and media. Similarly, when trained on past hiring examples rife with bias — such as résumés favoring men for technical roles — these systems perpetuate gender discrimination by filtering applications in ways that reinforce outdated norms, rather than innovating beyond them through critical reflection."

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/ai-critical-thinking-chatbots-subjectivity

#AI #LLMs #Chatbots #GenerativeAI #CriticalThinking #Alienation