Rejecting algorithmic and scientific models for historical prediction leaves communities opting for non-hierarchical, human-centric engagement. They often experience catastrophic breakdowns on schedule; refusing predictive models, they predictably collapse.
The apparent solidarity and spontaneity in these ‘hippie utopias’ are ironically scripted and performed, ensuring their failure. We have comprehensively mapped emotions heuristics, so retreating into feelings as a basis for progress or escape is the inverse: a truly automated failure.
Idea from Benjamin Bratton