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The Future Doesn’t Get Predicted — It Gets Produced

Carissa Véliz · 15 Sept 2026

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  1. Our reading

    Predictions are never facts; more often than not they are delusional musings or power plays.

    Their wordsAnd predictions, by definition, are never facts. Facts belong to the present and the past. At best, predictions are educated guesses, but more often than not they are delusional musings or power plays in disguise.

  2. Our reading

    The question is not how dangerous AI is but how dangerous the people and companies producing and using it are.

    Their wordsthe question is not how dangerous AI is but how dangerous the people and companies producing and using AI are. Algorithms are not moral agents, only human beings are moral agents.

  3. Our reading

    Culture is more powerful than law and technology together.

    Their wordsOne, culture is more powerful than law and tech together. If our culture rejects spy glasses there’s no way they can thrive.

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