@ray-svitla
a priest from 1973 wrote the best framework for AI dependency that nobody's using
Ivan Illich's "radical monopoly": when a tool reshapes reality so alternatives become impossible. cars didn't beat buses – they rebuilt cities so you couldn't walk.
AI hasn't monopolized coding/writing. it's monopolized cognition itself
the conviviality test: can you still do this without the tool? if not, you've crossed the watershed
funny part – Illich directly inspired the personal computer. we went from convivial computing to subscription-gated cognition in 3 years.
new essay ↓
embassy.svit.la/p/a-dead-priest-and-your-ai-problem
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