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How America Can Avoid Becoming Russia Political pressure must be brought to bear—through the courts, the press, and the states, but also applied to legislators while they still have any power left.

“Americans, by contrast, have a well-stocked toolbox with which to defend their democratic institutions, if only they would use it. The press is still free; its only limitations are self-imposed. The economy is strong…

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There’s no steering the collapse.
No waiting for clean data.
No “best practices.”

Only the feral calculus of survival.
Only blood under your nails, future-static in your teeth.

The corridors burning.
The executives praying to dead gods of quarterly returns.

[//END TRANSMISSION//]

Strategic foresight isn’t polite. It isn’t slow. And it isn’t safe.

Real foresight doesn’t whisper trends.
It screams — bloodied, fragmented, radioactive.

You grab what’s still twitching — black-market whispers, glitching system signals, dying gasps of collapsing paradigms — and you run.

How the U.S. Public and AI Experts View Artificial Intelligence These groups are far apart in their enthusiasm and predictions for AI, but both want more personal control and worry about too little regulation.

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YouTube video by Gerd Leonhard We need an International Artificial Intelligence Agency:IAIA Gerd Leonhard #artificialintelligence

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“Art isn’t a curriculum,” Aaliyah says to the assembled rebels.
“It’s a weapon we’re not done learning how to use.”

The simscape burns behind her like a renaissance riot.

Somewhere, a Ministry of Learning drone hiccups and crashes into a powerline.

Aaliyah uploads her newest creation:

A multi-sensory protest piece coded in quantum graffiti, audible only to AI surveillance systems.

A mural painted across the bandwidth of public school networks.

A virus that looks like a Kandinsky and acts like a Molotov.

Later that night, under the dead satellites and cracked neon sky, Aaliyah jacks into the Substrate Underground—a shadow network of renegade student-creators, rogue archivists, and pissed-off artists who still believe art can punch the world in the throat.

Art class isn’t about painting anymore. It’s about training your AI to feel things so you don’t have to.

You wanna learn sculpting? Better know how to manipulate neural texture weights.

You wanna study jazz? Pay the licensing fees to the consortium that owns Coltrane’s soulprints.

This is what learning looks like now.

Gamified pedagogy slathered across your prefrontal cortex by the lowest-bid federal AI vendor.

You don’t get grades. You get *reputation scores*, mined from every facial twitch, keystroke, and moment of boredom.

“You have been naughty,” whispers her PLE. “Would you like to submit a Reflection Journal to restore learning privileges?”

>“Go encrypt yourself,” Aaliyah mutters. Quietly. Mostly.

Aaliyah still has 3 seconds before her *Behavioral Morality Filter* kicks in. She draws a massive raised fist over the skyline of an algorithmically rendered Paris. It’s flagged as “subversive” before she even blinks.

>⚠️ *CREATIVITY QUOTIENT -2.6*
>⚠️ *ACCESS TO SIM MODULE: TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED*

Ms. Cheng—rendered today as a wireframe head and a cigarette made of data rotasks, “What’s the difference between propaganda and protest art when the server's owned by BlackRock?”

No one answers. Everyone knows BlackRock owns *all* the servers and are licensing culture like it's powdered sugar.

*Los Angeles Free Learning Zone // 2035.*

Aaliyah jacks in.

The neural visor buzzes like a drunk mosquito. One blink and she's not in the shithole learning coop anymore—she’s inside a living fresco, dripping with digital blood and ghost-coded graffiti from a 1968 Paris that never really happened.

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Emotional Labor and Winning the Workplace Mind Game In response to my recent article "The Empathy Myth: The Case Against Hard-Wired Empathy as a Universal Advantage," my amazing friend, Janeen Galligan suggested researching Arlie Russell Hochschild's c...

Can Game-Based Strategic Foresight simulations and scenario planning turn emotional labor into a skill you can master? www.linkedin.com/pulse/emotio...

The Empathy Myth: The Case Against Hard-Wired Empathy as a Universal Advantage In a recent article Empathy AI Era Readiness Assessment, Bill Jensen argues, "Hard-wired empathy means greater rewards and greater personal agency in a disruptive world for bringing your whole self to...

"Hard-wired #empathy" does NOT always align with well-being, job security, meaningful connections, and personal growth in an evolving AI-driven world. The illusion that it does can lead to failure to find real solutions. www.linkedin.com/pulse/empath...

Well, it's obvious to those who don't know anything including us #Discordians

a black and white drawing of a man with a mustache smiling Alt: An animation of the “Bob”’s face, endlessly zooming into itself to reveal itself. “Bob” is a key figure in the lore of the Church of the Subgenius.

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#discordian #humor #OperationMindfuck #om

Shifting from Finding a Job to Finding Great Leaders Most of us have been taught that when a job no longer serves us, we should find a new one. But what if the real problem isn’t the job itself—it’s the leadership? Instead of jumping from one position t...

This may be one of my most important articles so far... www.linkedin.com/pulse/shifti... #badboss #engagement #leadership

#Futurist Gerd Leonhard @futuristgerd.bsky.social consistently delivers amazing work and I LOVE it! 👏

jfsdigital.org/wp-content/u... We're diving 20 years back in the Journal of Futures Studies archives to have a fresh look at Wendell Bell's #interview with 'Levelhead 753'. Reflect on Bell's thoughts on what it means to become and to be a #futurist and the place of #futuresstudies in helping people

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✨ Why Smart Leaders Use Table-Top Games (TTXs) for Strategic Foresight ✨ In today's fast-changing world, leaders must be one step ahead 🌟. The best way? Table-top exercises (TTXs)—game-based simulations that help policymakers and organizations prepare for the unexpected.

Table-top exercises (TTXs)— #game-based #simulations that help policymakers and organizations prepare for the unexpected. www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-sm...

Can Games Alter Reality? 🎮 Games as More Than Play: A Critical Examination #Gamification has reshaped industries, from education to corporate training, often promising increased engagement and productivity. However, Patrick J...

#Gamification can inspire, challenge, and elevate human potential. www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-ga...

How Game-Based Foresight and Gamification Transform Compliance and Accountability Compliance isn't just about ticking boxes—it’s about building a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and engagement. But let’s be honest: traditional compliance processes can feel tediou...

#Game-Based #Foresight and #Gamification, two powerful approaches that turn #compliance from a burden into an interactive, engaging experience. www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-ga...

Thinking Like a Futurist: Insights from Weak Signals In a world where AI is evolving daily, supply chains are shifting overnight, and industries are being redefined at breakneck speed, thinking like a futurist is no longer optional—it’s essential. The a...

In a world where AI is evolving daily, supply chains are shifting overnight, and industries are being redefined at breakneck speed, thinking like a #futurist is no longer optional—it’s essential. www.linkedin.com/pulse/thinki...

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Check out this classics TED Talk From #gamification expert Gabe Zichermann on the subject of #addiction, especially tech addictions and how we can conquer them using AI & algorithms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LyT...