Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Now imagine that an obsequious tale-spinner was sitting at your elbow, helpfully ...

Now imagine that an obsequious tale-spinner was sitting at your elbow, helpfully noting these coincidences and fitting them into a folie-a-deux mystery play that projected a grand, paranoid narrative onto the world. Every bit of confirming evidence is lovingly cataloged, all disconfirming evidence is discounted or ignored. It's fully automated luxury QAnon - a self-baking conspiracy that harnesses an AI in service to driving you deeper and deeper into madness:

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