Iqra 009
On cyborgs, Ghazalian love theory, digital ID, military AI and more
Interesting interview for an insightful take on how capitalism has mutated from its industrial origins to its current hyper-financialized asset manager form
The current state of military and technological cooperation within the Anglosphere (AUKUS) bloc
Is truly private internet search possible - new research by cryptographers seems to suggest so but not yet translatable beyond research curiosity
An optimistic pushback against Postman's perennial warning in Amusing Ourselves to Death
OpenAI just deleted any ethical guardrails and restraints about using its LLM models for military operations and warfare - 2024 may seem greater integration of LLM companies into the wider Pentagon orchestrated Deep State/Big Tech web
A tidy and clean issue on what I anticipate to be a big theme not just this year but in the next two to three years - the expansion of the State with Digital ID and Online Age Verification
I despise tobacco and cigarettes but this piece about the success of heated tobacco products in Japan caught my attention
A spirited plea for cyborg augmentation
If you're not reading Hudson nowadays then you are vulnerable to half baked analyses and charlatans - he's a man who understands with great clarity how the financial structure of American Empire operates - here he discusses debt in a recent interview
A wonderful piece charting the strange course and terrain of human challenge trials where subjects are deliberately infected with pathogenic strains for observation and study
The LK-99 story continues with a renewed sense that it may actually happen - a good piece that summarises developments since it last caught the imagination of observers a few months back
The Marja al Taqlid of Liberalism, Fukuyama weighs in on the decline of liberalism debate - characteristically optimistic about its prospects - its a poorly written piece but interesting to keep tabs on what the mainstream American Imperial commentariat are publishing
A sobering take on the competing currents Argentina now must struggle against (China and the IMF) in a piece about anarcho-capitalism - may very well apply to countries in the Islamicate too
New emerging Islamic books podcast by Shaykh Haroon chats with Dr Abdul-Jabbar about his new publication around medieval Muslim philosophy and intercultural communication
A nice primer for interested autodidacts who want to get to grips with the seemingly exotic world of Akbarian Metaphysics
Interesting paper by Prof Ebrahim Moosa (I have always found his work engaging although I don't necessarily share his overall political project or instincts) on a Ghazalian Genealogy of Love
Fascinating interview about making Maturidi literature more accessible and the role of Islamic publishing houses; Cambridge Muslim College has announced its own publishing division - CMC Press
Sympathetic but instructive review of Steinmetz's new work on the Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought
Shahzad Bashir's "A New Vision for Islamic Pasts and Futures" - needs time and a sympathetic mindset to sift through but some gems scattered in there