And to think we thought the days of child exploitation were behind us, back in the industrial revolution … this is on another level — cradle to death-pod full-spectrum surveillance.
Paul Cudenec published a piece yesterday on the Paris Olympics. In it, he persuasively made the case that the Olympics was about profit and control, the same way you make it clear that this “Wellbeing” racket is also about profit and control, and data data data (“integrated data solutions”). The Olympics is not about sports; sports is the pretext. Schooling is not about education; education is the pretext.
These agendas are so dark, dystopian and duplicitous that I feel an almost visceral revulsion to their feelgood buzzwords, not the least of which are “community-led/centred/based”, “sustainable/sustainability” and “secure/security”.
Years ago I came across Alison McDowell's "Wrench in the gears' blog and her YouTube channel. Alison had started following unusual global pilot programs that big money interests were heavily investing in. Basically, a future dystopian nightmare. This 'Wellbeing' scam reminds me of the mind blowing agenda's she was documenting that are now coming to a town near you :( Thanks for your well-written piece.
Alison has been instrumental to get to my current understanding. I am listening to her at the moment to be able to grasp the additional layer of the gamification- human computation aspect.
A wonderful summary of the problems facing us. So many angles. It is particularly interesting to note the strong OECD and UNESCO links. They are working very hard but not necessarily in our interest.
"A year of prior schooling added (children 3.5 years up)" — They just can't get 'em young enough, can they?!
Exactly.
And to think we thought the days of child exploitation were behind us, back in the industrial revolution … this is on another level — cradle to death-pod full-spectrum surveillance.
Paul Cudenec published a piece yesterday on the Paris Olympics. In it, he persuasively made the case that the Olympics was about profit and control, the same way you make it clear that this “Wellbeing” racket is also about profit and control, and data data data (“integrated data solutions”). The Olympics is not about sports; sports is the pretext. Schooling is not about education; education is the pretext.
These agendas are so dark, dystopian and duplicitous that I feel an almost visceral revulsion to their feelgood buzzwords, not the least of which are “community-led/centred/based”, “sustainable/sustainability” and “secure/security”.
I think my poem Targets may soon seem quaint if what they have in mind comes to pass ... https://redpillpoems.substack.com/p/targets
Your poem is very painful and accurate.
Years ago I came across Alison McDowell's "Wrench in the gears' blog and her YouTube channel. Alison had started following unusual global pilot programs that big money interests were heavily investing in. Basically, a future dystopian nightmare. This 'Wellbeing' scam reminds me of the mind blowing agenda's she was documenting that are now coming to a town near you :( Thanks for your well-written piece.
Alison has been instrumental to get to my current understanding. I am listening to her at the moment to be able to grasp the additional layer of the gamification- human computation aspect.
A wonderful summary of the problems facing us. So many angles. It is particularly interesting to note the strong OECD and UNESCO links. They are working very hard but not necessarily in our interest.