Machine Time vs Human Political Time

Discussion

Chor Pharn:

"The Rise of Machine Time

* The old political time ran on:

years,

terms,

cycles,

speeches,

summits,

treaties.

Machine time ran on:

milliseconds,

inference,

latency budgets,

grid oscillations,

packet flow,

maintenance windows.

When machine time overtook political time, pressure built in the mismatch.

Diplomacy moved slower than cyberattacks. Permits moved slower than grids. Regulations moved slower than AI models.

Budgets moved slower than capital flows.

When the pipes became the real frontline, the institutions designed to control them could no longer keep up.

The system vented."

(https://thecuttingfloor.substack.com/p/eyes-wide-shut-the-dangerous-decade-db6)