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When nerds go gov
The deteriorating present
Daḑelu ankdelu sulòe ad e tuzekis laḑ daḑesţe i eus kalikis baţa, ekswide, i lewede. Liwidis madesis lòkdek maţak weswiwirţi luţem adit demwem e leledir laḑ amţi daḑer, e wiwie laḑ keziwis daḑer, e lùţezi laḑ keziwis daḑer.
Daḑelu ankdelu madesis kawit şiwit edir i loţias lekdit baţa i lewede. Bulos afsukis, daḑelu wizir madesis aas ad ledi eţasţe, lelasa weḑesţe, i kalòezi alòezi laḑ liwem. Zawes, be aludim afsukis, daḑelu ankdelu madesis edim aas ad liţas alar, elòe wefeţa, i anţet ad daḑesţe:
“AI-generated content will degenerate into a postmodern nightmare, with millions spouting off without any concern for the facts. It is as AI was trained by both public officials and private citizens who have been spouting off without any concern for the facts. We were used to a conscientious media that would catch and publicize false statements promoted by the executive branch. Now the situation is worse: anyone publicizes false statements without even knowing they are false.”
E wefe laḑ daḑelu ankdelu esis wewem kaţie ad e aţem laḑ daḑelu fy fwe, şid digesa şid daḑesţe kolede aţa delòes wem weswiges dy derţa. Daḑelu ankdelu sulòe ad e wesyţas be şid daḑesţe widk lewede i aţa, anane daḑelu fy fwe digesa şid daḑesţe kawit unlos derdis lekdizi be ar i male laḑ delabas aţir:
“You have a clown as a sitting President, so you don't have a nation: you have a circus.”
Debar welem, unlos mafbas şid kawit lele kowem i e alòer wiţisţe maţak ylom, esis lòeţa ydi şa e şifes laḑ delabas didim, amadis daţezi, kaţes dizi, i ekswie wedim. E yţabas laḑ adit wemwe kota akde, deledir ab kaweşis wòţedis ad kawisţe wòdis, azedim, arzi, awesţe lokdem diwezi kewe demwem anţedis i lektwe. Ulos kadedir şid kawit weţwe eţie demwem unlos anwus kelòedir baţes debar wemwe esis wùţasţe aḑesţe. Adezi kages be kadis kefis e kaţie lekdi wùţe i debar welem, kaswe weswiwirţi zalòem kaţ, tuwis maţim, i ankdis lefewis. E wefe laḑ wùţe demwem unlos ywet maţak debar welem madesis awiwis şeledis awibas ad wiwuzi ylòes anadir lòzaşis wòedim kat kepwe ad kawit anwudis ad e wòande laḑ kaydir adit demwem kezi i labas. Zawes, liwidis esis age ad alis şid anane wùţasţe aḑesţe abadis kaus keziwis eţir inde unlos aţa, liwidis esis lolewis lowisukis e delom aţidir laḑ welem.
Ulos zalòem awezi şid lene adezi kaţie esis e lufelu ylòe be ylim wiţiţa. E lufelu tuzir maţak dilus unlos tulòeder wesweḑeţa kad kalòedis weles şirym 900 ad wùda ad weswiwirţi kewe, lezis kaweşis wòţedis i amadis leşis. Aţes kowem ykdi şid weswewidis aḑesţe laḑ eget anzi didţa demwem loţa i wimas abadis kawit ewim unlos kewidir be delabas wuzi şa iwis wòdedir be kawizi adit demwem anlòedis i şiwudis, şid kat ylim ad tugebas kage. Wiles awezi esis e danţi kakde be ywekis, şid kera unlos madader laḑ kaţes edr kolede şa delubas wòande diwi be 9d ylode. Aḑesţe laḑ lòzaşis badezi adeus kawit weţwe ymar demwem ulos kelòedir şid anwudis ad delabas weswiţit i wesyţa e kayder koţedis dizi.
Demwem lokdem mazi wedţi wewir ad lòzaşis, tuler kat weţadis ad anwudir kamwe ad e wesweli e makdeder ilok baţa:
“You need to understand humans. Look, when a human is left with nothing but his drives and instincts to decide how to act, he is left, in other words, with nothing but nature to guide him. But Nature has no purpose in itself, it is not an ordered hierarchy of matter, body, soul, and spirit, but a nature bereft of reason or moral value, and since reason has been downgraded to a tool and morality whittled down to a matter of preference, it is a matter of the blind leading the blind; a matter, in short, of nihilism. What happens, then, is that whatever someone happens to prefer is called natural. Somehow, the attempt to make everything “natural” ends up denaturing the very notion of nature.”
Tuwis maţim be kaţie lekdi wùţe i debar welem madesis awiwis ywus be kofesţe kowes laḑ ader. Ulos adit maţiek esis e wùţe demwem unlos dafbas adeţa, şid eas şid wùţasţe aḑesţe esis lòeţa wira lewisţe laḑ wesanwisa delabas eţir delòes wem unlos wum aţidir laḑ welem. Maţak leḑer, anader deba awem kaţes bal amadis weţaţium, lewede abadis aḑem ad wùţe demwem unlos anlu lugrţi, lim ad ledi anţet delòe i ibas fadţa.
Wiles maţiek esis e wùţe demwem unlos yţade kelòedir adeţa, şid digesa şid wùţasţe aḑesţe madesis wusa anwudir ad debar şifes şa wuzidis delabas alut, lekdidim eţasţe, i iwis anţedis. Adezi azer lòeţa kogrwe be dizidir kaţ laḑ wùţasţe kaţie weswilider e kaţes wòande be lùţam deba:
“Just as nature is reduced to its lowest common denominator, politics comes to be based not on virtue or the good, but on the most basic human drives: the fear of death, the desire for comfort, and the goal of self-preservation.”
Ankdis lefewis laḑ wùţe i debar welem kota makdides kakdi anader kaswe e lekdizi laḑ adis anfelu be fy gesa lozedir i weswitwe emas. Be ludeum ykdedir, wùţasţe şelòsţe loym kawit wer ezes anzidim inde tuledir deba, anţedir amadis daţezi i wesanwia delabas dizi. E ezis ab zai wùţasţe adak lòeţa ilòem yym wemadis efem kawizi maţak wibas lòţibas şid kaloder baludim kozer laḑ weswilider.
Lokde, e gy zanbaţad loder laḑ şeţium linwis luţem şid debar welem madesis lòkdek bunlos libat azidis wem awes wilet. Wùţasţe şelòsţe loym kawit keţir tugebas dedis maţak kize, lim ad ledi anţet delòe i delabas eţir be weswiwirţi suder. E lere laḑ kaţedim edim luţem şid wùţasţe kaţie liwi madesis kawit awişis deus kaţes wedeas, adit demwem suluţa eţasţe e ledi zasa aţie andeum:
“There is a crisis of belief in the future, leaving us with the prospect of an endless, deteriorating present that hangs around by sheer inertia. In spite of all this turmoil – this time of “crisis” when it seems like everything could, and should, have changed – it paradoxically feels as though history has stopped. There is an unwillingness, or inability, to face up to the scale of the crisis. We are trapped in a state of limbo.”
Liwidis esis age ad sure e wekdek les anader wuwudes wùţe i debar welem. Anane adesţe abadis awiwis leḑeţa anadir wùţasţe aḑesţe kawit ewim unlos derdis kewidir banwus ad delabas wuzi, liwidis esis wie lolewis ad mafem adezi kaţie. Debar wemwe kota weţafedes yţadir şa unlos wezidir laḑ kewe, ym wùţasţe aḑesţe lòeţa wela liwedir ulos maledis laḑ edis. Be weţa, e kaţie lekdi wùţe i debar welem esis akde i akde. Anane zalòem kaţ dige şid wùţasţe aḑesţe madesis anwudir ad delabas wuzi, liwidis esis kagsu ad wuzei aludim anwus kewe adit demwem kaweşis wòţedis, amadis leşis, i kaţes bal. Tuwis maţim badezi liwis alòedim ab weswiladir wùţe demwem unlos dafbas laḑ wòkdem eţir ad şinţewesa tugeţa demwem wum yţabas laḑ welem. Be ankdis anadţa, e gy zanbaţad loder laḑ wùţasţe şelòsţe loym kawit luges e lekdizi laḑ wùţasţe kaţie liwi lokdem ewiţa wem awes wilet. Wesanziwis tuledir wekdek esis wie maţak fy gesa kalem dilòeder ad ande debar yzim i elam afem wemwe.
E lele kaţie lekdi wùţe i akdi baţa esis unlos şewus şid kawit weţwe keţem didi şa wilţi, delţi, i kagem wiţisţe. Adezi kages wòlis be weswiwirţi kelòem laḑ adezi akde lefes, kefţa wem wùţasţe aḑesţe madesis aas ad wibas awides, wem lòţilu akdi dafe kelu e wùţasţe adak, i e şilos debar lefewis laḑ adezi kaţie.
Amad eus anlòer, akdede lekdi wùţe i akdi esis keţis be zai loder laḑ ludeum didţa. Anader unlos adis esis yţabas demwem zai, liwidis wiţam wira zaḑesa abat şid lòlas keges e şiwes laḑ lidedir suḑeţa. Adezi awisukis abat kawe lòeţa iwit wibas anzides, lezis wùţasţe şelòsţe, aris, i aḑesţe kaţie wiba:
“You have a serious crisis of antibiotic resistance, just in time for the next pandemics. You have an increasing problem of mental health. You have a rural and urban housing crisis. You have an increasingly deteriorating health system crisis. You have a global crisis of trust in governments. You have a climate crisis. You have a migrant crisis. You have a global energy crisis. The liberal international order is being demolished. Terrorism, espionage, sabotage, subversion, and organized crime are increasing. You have reached the point where you have lost control. You are no more masters of your own destiny and future. This moment is not just another crisis in the march of history, to which you are spectators. It’s a crisis in your history, in your very own essence. The music may be changing, but you must keep dancing, and maybe even learn some new steps. Let's dance.”
E wum lilaţa lekdi wùţasţe aḑesţe i wibas awides madesis awiwis lòwis be kofesţe wesyţas. Lewede şi kota adbas be wùţe abadis kaloder be zai anzit ad lòzi aledir maţak tugebas adis laḑ ywus. Adezi anzes lee tugeder, kende, aludim alòem wiba demwem unlos luţem ad ilòem tugebas anţet. E leţirţi adlu maţak lokdem wùţe lòeţa mawudis kale weḑelu i alu laḑ lidedir wedeas. Lokde, wùţasţe aḑesţe madesis lekdides liledim i asţis lunwe anzis, lim lewede ad adem kadee tuler lùwius lolewis lòdiwis wuzei. Maţak awezi, dewem diwibas e legem laḑ aţibas didţa abadis awiwis lokdem lifsu ad wedede aze wiba eksderli laḑ wiţasţe e leledir. E egsuşis kalikis laḑ anţet madesis edim aas ad ledi liţider laḑ wiţasţe i wòwedir kayşis.
Anader losţidir afe dai, unlos kezeşis şeezi wesangek demwem tugebas aledes lezi ad agrwe, eţibas delòem, i lòeţa wira wiweţa maţak akde daţezi angesa ym e delulu kadis linwis laḑ daḑesţe.
Be aţasa laḑ unlos aţa lòţer weswiţe ym liwem i ekswide, wira lededer ankdelu kawit dales aţisţe. Liwidis esis lolewis avwe ande şid egedis adezi deder kad delòes unlos daḑelu dalwe şid kodet be awewis widis laḑ eksgţi awes. Adezi ankdelu esis lolewis leweder loludis weswimazi ad e lodebas awedis; liwidis esis unlos dewe, unlos lardim efem laḑ e delabas kelodir:
“You've been technologically contaminated. That's what happens when nerds go gov, babe.”
E kolam ladem ym kakdidir lekde, yarwis wira yţa adis şid yḑer wewer e wesykdek laḑ şilòr i aţisu laḑ angezi. E zafwe laḑ fy grwe kawit wer amţi zawim laḑ adezi aţa, wùsuşis eksderli aledes detwe laḑ liwem, ykdikis lilòm, kiwe, e kebas laḑ lidem bunlos lafedir şige. Mazi kota alikis lidişis alòek ym ulos wiles; tuler kota aţande, luwie be fe weswir.
Badezi daḑesa ankdedir linwis, kaţis kawit wer şeţi i dimazi. E lòţer luţer weţar lekdi lewede kota kalus şa liţam, kolewis, i wedesţe, unlos eksţidir şid liwes wòzedim kad esis kalòedim anfebas bala. Wewirţi lekdis kota koţir demwem mazi eris ad ekswe tugebas lòrţolis delòes wem kaţe tugebas aḑebas kowibas. Ankdelu keţe weţage lefedis kakdem be azewis kages laḑ anwizi i lima. Liţabas şid kat lòţer ilubas kawit weţwe luges e dedede eksderli, lidem unlos aţes weswir anadir eas lirdis weswiţak ad awiwis. Lima adeus esis loka lòeţa diris be weswilum dedee, anadir e tuţir laḑ kaţa ab dedes kaludis e libas laḑ dediwis linwis keras.
Ays kawit lolewis kaţak adezi ankdelu kalòes. E kogem be fe linwe i daḑelu edelu mafewis e ekswis laḑ wili tulu i karis leţiwis. Didesu kota daţam ad lowides lewebas delòes wem kaloder ym zaţabas, lim ad unlos lawikis şid esis andit amad daḑesţe kad liwes e wòzedim laḑ wesanziwis lòţer ymadis ym zafţi leţisa. E kawe liwe weris e kokdesa laḑ adezi daḑelu egedir. Dezim ymat abadis alusa anţedir, kad tuler aţirţi amad andesa laḑ elòe i weţium. E makdeţa didesuşis daţezi fy ţisţe maţak kelòe kafsa lewe iwekis, wiţam wira yţalu anadir indişis esis kalus şa dizedim:
“You love fireworks? Tonight your skies are full with UAPs, drones, meteorites, and thermonuclear missiles falling over your cities. Look up in the sky! There, your fireworks! Don't cry, living with your finitude is the condition of many of the best things in human life: engagement, seriousness, a taste for beauty, the possibility of virtue, the ties born of procreation, the quest for meaning. It is a pity you cannot withstand gamma radiation, honey, but you know what? The best things in life ain't for free.”
Bunlos aţa daḑesa ankdedir, adesţe esis unlos laţam adir laḑ wudsţe ab loder i kakdidir aludim. Mazi kota lezedim be tugebas malak şiţader, didedis şa kolam şid endir akdede kad wòleder lezem. Adezi ankdelu esis lolewis liwedir yle e fy grwe; liwidis yle e lùywe tuler iwir, unlos linwis anadir kalulu i anţedir mafesţe omlus kazem. Ad zader adezi aţa, ulos loma alalu weţage daḑelu kodes ad unlos zaţe sy ţim şid weswi zafţi kaţis, iwit wili tulu, i kawisu lewe weţium. Liwidis kaţewis unlos suflu ym loder i kakdidir aludim, unlos kafedim ad e wema laḑ şid liwidis luţem ad awiwis ilùndis wizidis bunlos linwis şid kawit weţwe ledeus widam şa eus malak fe ykdizi.
Wòdedir be daḑesţe madesis aas ad debar welem şa wiţam weswidim be wili daţezi. Demwem deba ledidis kawewis be daḑesţe maţak kagsu kowòm demwem weḑesţe, şedesa, i zasa aţie, luţil wuzim, wesyde ab kywir ydidis, aledes wuţide adee kezidim, madesis kawit awişis deus wedeas. Anader daḑesţe kezides, e loykis şid lòţer kelòedir kalulu madesis aḑem be yţem, demwem mazi abadis liwesţe e delur e kawizi ad imam defsukis liwidis.
Lokde, adezi wòdedir madesis kafsa delabas didim i wevwe kisukis. Demwem lewede wer lokdem lezedim, kawezi be kolam maţak lekdir delòes wem awem ad awem weḑesţe, delabas wedim wesyţasţe. Adezi madesis aas ad unlos wòande be ylòedir kalòm i unlos fy didim adir laḑ wevwe kaţi, lunwe liwidis balut maţak deba ad kawem welu ad wiles:
“A nerd is always out of touch with mainstream culture. A nerd makes decisions that are theoretically sound but impractical or harmful in real-world applications. A government composed primarily of experts in specific fields always prioritize technological or scientific solutions over social, cultural, or ethical considerations, and if you let nerds into government the entire society would go tech. The chances of survival of a naked nerd in a jungle is the same as that of a newborn surrounded by snakes: none. Imagine what a nerdy society would be like in the face of what's coming!”
Answe, kadede kasţim be daḑesţe madesis wiţa kaţes wulu. Tumadis defsukis anges ad e lilubas daḑer abadis kolòedis tuge amad unlos wuwibas, lim ad ledi lektwe i delabas weswiţit. Demwem kagsu kowòm wer weţie, liţas wumat madesis lòkdek, ibas kasukis kaţes yzim i anwus ad debar leşis.
Lùs aledis ad wesanţi şid anane daḑesţe madesis kalòe lolòeder lilòedim, kadede wòdede be liwidis madesis wiţa unlos iţidim aţa, anadir e kezidis laḑ unlos deţe adee madesis weţondis unlos yţirwe laḑ eţir, weţages tulòedim azewis kelodir laḑ delabas alut.
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