The Marginalian praises Carissa Véliz's 'Prophecy' on breaking free of predictive tech
CarissaVeliz · x · 2026-10-14
Maria Popova's The Marginalian published a glowing essay on philosopher Carissa Véliz's book 'Prophecy,' framing predictive algorithms as modern divination: all prediction technologies are power structures, and algorithms that predict your next preference 'steal your self-respect and sell it back at the price of the product.' The essay argues the future is not a deterministic sum of the past, and that escaping the prison of prediction is key to a more alive life.
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