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WHY WE REMAIN ALIVE ALSO IN A DEAD INTERNET

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If you desire the comfort of neat conclusions, you are lost in this space. Here, we indulge in the unsettling, the excessive, the paradoxes that define our existence. So, if you have the means and value writing that both enriches and disturbs, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. Share When we hear or read about how artificial intelligence is taking over and regulating our lives, our first reaction is: no panic, we are far from there; we still have time to reflect in peace on what is going on and prepare for it. This is how we experience the situation, but the reality is quite the opposite: things are happening much faster than we think. We are simply not aware of the extent to which our daily lives are already manipulated and regulated by digital algorithms that, in some sense, know us better than we know ourselves and impose on us our “free” choices. In other words, to mention yet again the well-known scene from cartoons (a cat walks in the air above a precipice and only falls

Philosophy WHY WE REMAIN ALIVE ALSO IN A DEAD INTERNET Now FREE a text Slavoj Žižek Nov 19, 2025 812 52 179 Share Welcome to the desert of the real! If you desire the comfort of neat conclusions, you are lost in this space. Here, we indulge in the unsettling, the excessive, the paradoxes that define our existence. So, if you have the means and value writing that both enriches and disturbs, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. Subscribe Share When we hear or read about how artificial intelligence is taking over and regulating our lives, our first reaction is: no panic, we are far from th

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