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Toward the Linguistic Apocalypse
Toward the Linguistic Apocalypse What stands before the present age is not a technological crisis but a linguistic one. Artificial intelligence does not announce the rise of a new sovereign intelligence; it announces the collapse of an old regime of words. Power is unraveling not because machines are becoming conscious, but because language is becoming uncontrollable. The monopoly over meaning, interpretation, memory, and narration is dissolving, and with it dissolves the architecture of authority that depended on silence, delay, and scarcity.
By Peter Ayolov12 days ago in Critique
Language After Power
Abstract This article examines recent warnings about artificial intelligence delivered at the World Economic Forum by Yuval Noah Harari, situating them within a broader political economy of language and power. While public discourse frames AI as an emerging autonomous intelligence threatening humanity, this paper proposes an alternative interpretation: the primary fear articulated by global elites is not independent artificial intelligence but the democratisation of advanced linguistic power. Drawing on theories of language, power visibility, and informational exposure, the article argues that large language models threaten existing systems of authority by enabling unprecedented access to linguistic production, interpretation, and disclosure. AI does not merely automate language; it accelerates what can be described as an informational apocalypse, understood in its original sense as revelation. The article concludes by suggesting that contemporary anxieties surrounding AI governance reflect elite concern over the loss of narrative control rather than genuine existential risk, signalling a possible reconfiguration of authority away from financial and institutional actors toward linguistic and philosophical power.
By Peter Ayolov12 days ago in Critique
It’s Not ‘Just’ Bangladesh Women vs Namibia Women. It’s Quiet Sexism Behind A Viral Match
Do people actually care about women’s cricket—or is this just a moment?” You’re not alone. A lot of us quietly wonder if women’s matches are just filler until the “real” (aka men’s) game starts.
By Anie the Candid Writer Abroad12 days ago in Critique
Greed Is a Dangerous Curse
Greed Is a Dangerous Curse “Now you will be sentenced to one year in prison.” There once lived a poor woodcutter in a small village. Every day, he would go into the forest early in the morning, cut wood with great effort, and then return to the city to sell it. Whatever little money he earned was enough to feed his family for the day. His life was simple, hardworking, and honest, but deep inside his heart, there was a hidden desire to become rich quickly.
By Sudais Zakwan12 days ago in Critique
Beyond Virality: How Short-Form Storytelling Became My Creative Discipline. AI-Generated.
Short-form video is often treated as disposable—made to be consumed quickly and replaced just as fast. From the outside, it can seem simple: a few edits, a trending sound, timing that happens to align. But working inside the format tells a different story. What looks effortless usually comes from repeated decisions, restraint, and attention. Over time, short-form storytelling became a discipline for me, not a shortcut.
By Zack LePro14 days ago in Critique
‘It’s bigger than me’: Azeez Al-Shaair reacts to NFL fine for ‘stop the genocide’ eye black
NFL player Azeez Al-Shaair displayed the message “Stop the Genocide” referring to the war in Gaza. Firstly, there is a terrible job done by Israel if their goal was genocide as the population of Palestenians has increased since the beginning of the war and the “cease fire.” Also, people are dying because of the Hamas led invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023.
By Skyler Saunders15 days ago in Critique
Don Lemon Fires Back At Nicki Minaj's "Disgusting" Homophobic Rant
How dare Nicki Minaj be homophobic? Isn’t a significant concentration of her Barbz fan base part of the queer community? Her sparring session with Don Lemon is atrocious. With he being a gay man and she allegedly hetero, what is the big deal here?
By Skyler Saunders15 days ago in Critique
New Jersey town faces state lawsuit claiming mayor ordered police to “keep black people out”
Does a city in New Jersey want negroes? It has been found in a court filing that Clark Township does not want non-white motorists traveling through it. The mayor, Salvator “Sal” Bonaccorso has rejected the claims despite the data. They show blacks had been stopped 3.7 times more than white drivers. Hispanics had been pulled over about 2.2 times more than their lighter hued counterparts.
By Skyler Saunders16 days ago in Critique
Breakfast at Tiffany’s with a Cat
It’s 9 a.m., time for a morning snack: chia seeds with coconut milk, accompanied by a black lungo, in front of a terrific panorama of rolling countryside hills, caressed by the gentle, peach-colored light of the rising sun. And surely, with a good book in hand.
By Anastasia Tsarkova16 days ago in Critique
Fair or foul? Florida wedding venue refuses refund to woman after her fiancé dies
It is fair and rational and good that the wedding venue never canceled the deposits made by Tye Hinson. After the sudden passing of her fiance, Hinson was stuck with a $7600 fee for services that would’ve been rendered. She claimed she knows contracts but apparently she didn’t read the fine print on this one.
By Skyler Saunders17 days ago in Critique
Homo Narrans Vs. Phono Sapiens
Peter Ayolov, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” Abstract This article examines the contemporary shift from storytelling as a shared, dialogical practice to storyselling as a performative, market-oriented mode of self-presentation. Drawing on Byung-Chul Han’s book The Crisis of Narration, the analysis argues that narration has lost its primary social function: the creation of a common symbolic world sustained through reciprocal exchange. Traditional storytelling depended on at least two participants and unfolded as a movement back and forth, producing memory, cohesion, and future-oriented meaning. In contrast, storyselling treats narrative as a one-directional instrument for selling identity, success, or visibility, reducing listeners to passive consumers. The article situates this shift within broader transformations of digital capitalism, self-optimisation culture, and communication coaching, showing how conversational depth is replaced by predictable, strategic self-branding. The loss of genuine conversation is presented not as a stylistic problem but as a structural erosion of social bonds and shared meaning.
By Peter Ayolov17 days ago in Critique
