Nov 15
20220
Fourth Industrial Revolution Industrialization Jacques Ellul mental health Philosophy Smart Cities Technology
"In 1950, Ellul finished his manuscript La Technique ou l'enjeu du siècle (The Technological Society), his seminal analysis of the way technology shapes every aspect of society. The Betrayal by Technology is one of the very few existing filmed recordings of Jacques Ellul speaking."
Aug 23
20200
5G AI Bell Carbon Emissions Crown Castle Fourth Industrial Repression Great Reset Health Health & SAftetu IoT Radiation Rogers Smart Cities Telus
"A larger number of connected devices will result in huge increases in data that need to be stored in energy-intensive data centres, which are expected to emit more carbon than the international aviation industry."
May 04
20200
5G Artificial Intelligence (AI) Biodiversity Blockchain Digitalization Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Fourth Industrial Revolution Health IoT (Internet of Things) Smart Cities The International EMF Scientist Appeal World Economic Forum (WEF) World Health Organization
"We should support the recommendations of the 250 scientists and medical doctors who signed the 5G Appeal that calls for an immediate moratorium on the deployment of 5G."
A fully "smart city" is on the way for those in the West. Simultaneously, the financialization of nature, not the true protection of biodiversity, is the shared goal. The two will coalesce to form a "smart" dystopian hell. Further, those that comprise the World Economic Forum have been handed the keys to the planet.
Sep 10
20194
Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism, Social Engineering, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Breakthrough Energy Europe Breakthrough Energy Ventures CCS Climate Strikes EUInvest Greta Thunberg Mission Innovation Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) Smart Cities Spectacle UN World Economic Forum (WEF)
In 1959, the revolutionary Che Guevara remarked to journalist José Pardo Llada that "newspapers are instruments of the oligarchy." Today, six decades later, the non-profit industrial complex and even "activism" itself must both be considered as instruments crafted and wielded by the 21st century oligarchs.
May 10
20191
Foundations, Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism, Social Engineering, The Defanging of Feminism, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Fourth Industrial Revolution Green New Deal Greta Thunberg Media Lens Non-profit Industrial Complex Smart Cities Social Engineering The Financialization of Nature
"WKOG stands by our reporting on this matter and we will continue to defend our work since we are in full agreement that there is no more pressing issue than the protection of Mother Earth, for the survival of life as we know it."
Apr 10
20190
5G wireless Capitalism Fourth Industrial Revolution Google Green New Deal Militarism Smart Cities
"Claims that ‘technology is neutral’ ring hollow in a world dominated by powerful states and capitalist social relations. It’s clear to anyone keeping score that those who control and shape technological development and mass production are best situated to reap the benefits. But at the end of the day, capital and the state don’t hold a monopoly on innovation."