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The Algorithm as Idol
Digital posturing, the curated self, and the God who sees in secret.
Ainslie Willson ·
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Long-form dispatches and cultural essays unmasking psychological scripts, secular idols, and Leviathan structures in art and philosophy.
Digital posturing, the curated self, and the God who sees in secret.
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