https://medium.com/@organelle/ladybird-was-angry-with-me-88f82480acb8

“And what we defect from isn’t merely our mutual threat vigilance… it’s, well, nearly everything. Especially at the order of human collectivity where groups are formed. The military. ‘Industry’. ‘Nations’ and ‘Governments’. Courts. The marketplace. Media. You name it, it’s been ever-more expertly colonized with ‘more reasons to defect per second’ than you ever imagined possible. It’s as if time itself has become infected, in human behavior… thought… and our capacity to form intentionally integral collectives.

We’re trained to and rewarded for these defections. Like slaves, we’re trained to think of relating with digital images and text on screens as a reward.”