Power in every age is not content with naked force. The sword compels obedience, but it does not manufacture consent. Consent requires a story—a story that paints exploitation as natural law, plunder as destiny, and the conversion of the body into data as “inevitable progress.”

In the thirteenth century, Aquinas wrote that story; he sanctified the ownership of land and the serf’s body by the lord as “divine order.” In the twenty‑first century, Yuval Noah Harari takes on the same task. Only this time, God gives way to Data, and divine order to the Algorithm.

New colonialism is targeting the body as its new territory — aware of that? It’s you. They’ve poured billions into algorithms and data centers. Your desires, attention, and fears are their mine. And they needed a preacher to manufacture consent. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2ZJJQ6

The preachers of the Silicon Valley Church sell the harvesting of the body as “algorithmic inevitability,” promising immortality. A neat fable. Maybe they’ll keep the data lords alive for 150 years—but half of it will be Alzheimer’s. In the end, the thermodynamic hammer still falls. #Transhumanizm

Contrary to popular belief, personal surveillance is more prevalent in capitalism. When we compare Zurich, touted as the most advanced smart city, with Shenzhen, the data harvesting rate is: Zurich: 81% Shenzhen: 76% Interesting is this: Access to a doctor: Zurich: 4 hours Shenzhen: 15 minutes

#Transhumanizm #Posthumanizm #HumanAugmentation #AIEthics #MindUploading #Longevity #DataEngineering #CRISPR #EdgeAI #GenerativeAI #FederatedLearning #MachineLearning #DataScience #AITools #AIAutomation #CloudComputing #SyntheticData #AntiHarari #MLOps www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2ZJJQ6

#Transhumanizm #Posthumanizm #HumanAugmentation #AIEthics #MindUploading #Longevity #DataEngineering #CRISPR #EdgeAI #GenerativeAI #FederatedLearning #MachineLearning #DataScience #AITools #AIAutomation #CloudComputing #SyntheticData #AntiHarari #MLOps www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2ZJJQ6

New colonialism is targeting the body as its new territory — aware of that? It’s you. They’ve poured billions into algorithms and data centers. Your desires, attention, and fears are their mine. And they needed a preacher to manufacture consent. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2ZJJQ6

#Technocolonialism, #DigitalColonialism, #DataColonialism, #BodyTerritory, #Transhumanism, #Posthumanism, #HumanAugmentation, #Singularity, #DataHarvesting, #PhysicalReality, #BioEthics, #DigitalSovereignty, #AntiAI, #BookSky, #Bookstodon, #SomaticMaterialism www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2ZJJQ6

The preachers of the Silicon Valley Church sell the harvesting of the body as “algorithmic inevitability,” promising immortality. A neat fable. Maybe they’ll keep the data lords alive for 150 years—but half of it will be Alzheimer’s. In the end, the thermodynamic hammer still falls. #Transhumanizm

#Technocolonialism, #DigitalColonialism, #DataColonialism, #BodyTerritory, #Transhumanism, #Posthumanism, #HumanAugmentation, #Singularity, #DataHarvesting, #PhysicalReality, #BioEthics, #DigitalSovereignty, #AntiAI, #BookSky, #Bookstodon, #SomaticMaterialism www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2ZJJQ6

In the thirteenth century, Aquinas wrote that story; he sanctified the ownership of land and the serf’s body by the lord as “divine order.” In the twenty‑first century, Yuval Noah Harari takes on the same task. Only this time, God gives way to Data, and divine order to the Algorithm.

The situation I'm facing on Bluesky today confirms the themes of my book, unfortunately. The ontological resistance of the body against the algorithm. Ali Kemal

For a colonized mind, my words hold no meaning.

Appendix: Somatic Materialism and the Body’s Objection open.substack.com/pub/alikemal...

Appendix: Somatic Materialism and the Body’s Objection open.substack.com/pub/alikemal...

Power in every age is not content with naked force. The sword compels obedience, but it does not manufacture consent. Consent requires a story—a story that paints exploitation as natural law, plunder as destiny, and the conversion of the body into data as “inevitable progress.”