Critic: Big Tech is systematically dismantling institutions for human learning via AI
benjaminjriley · x · 2026-10-06
A pointed critique shared by benjaminjriley argues that humanity spent millennia building institutions and norms for learning from and communicating with each other, and that Big Tech companies are systematically working to dismantle them — with AI clogging our capacity to develop the knowledge needed to navigate the world.
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