Leviathan

Born Free, Coded in Chains

What philosophy tells us about decentralisation’s promises and traps.

Aug 23 • 

Wessel Janse van Rensburg

Why the marketplace of ideas failed online

Letting everyone talk to everyone does not lead to more rational discussion

Aug 9 • 

Wessel Janse van Rensburg

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The Great Resentment

When the West Lost Its Place in Line

Aug 8 • 

Wessel Janse van Rensburg

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December 2024

Both the Democrats and Silicon Valley shifted their political views

An alternative theory of to the Tech sector's rightward turn.

Dec 11, 2024 • 

Wessel van Rensburg

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November 2024

Trump's New Coalition: A Blueprint for Authoritarian Plutocracy

How a fusion of MAGA loyalists, disaffected workers, young men, and tech billionaires could reshape American democracy

Nov 20, 2024 • 

Wessel van Rensburg

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Two Trumpy Lessons: Digital Echo Chambers and Political Tribalism

An Easter Weekend reckoning with polarised politics viscerally taught me two things

Nov 15, 2024 • 

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June 2024

What the DA should be telling the people of South Africa

The speech that Steenhuizen should make

Jun 7, 2024 • 

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It's crunch time for the ANC - and South Africa

On the 2024 South African election

Jun 2, 2024 • 

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May 2024

GPT7: When AI Becomes a State Affair?

If the scaling hypothesis is correct, only states can afford super machine intelligence

May 27, 2024 • 

Wessel van Rensburg

The left has no clue about culture

It only talks in terms of economic policy

May 5, 2024 • 

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Beyond the brain

The power and bias of language models

May 3, 2024 • 

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March 2024

Taking stock of AI's impact

Much is still unclear, but some things, like the changing face of the Internet, Europe lagging behind and increased importance of data is a discernible…

Mar 11, 2024 • 

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