https://blog.wntrdev.ca/tags/nihilism/ Recent content in Nihilism on WNTRDEV.BLOG Hugo en-us Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:36:07 -0400 https://blog.wntrdev.ca/posts/berardi/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:36:07 -0400 https://blog.wntrdev.ca/posts/berardi/ <h1 id="the-unenhanced-life-is-worth-living">The unenhanced life is worth living</h1> <p><strong>Previously published on LinkedIn</strong><br> <strong>April 29, 2026</strong></p> <hr> <p>Based on my readings of Berardi, Gertz, Marx and Heidegger.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve spent years watching this platform fill with posts about AI &ldquo;augmenting human potential,&rdquo; about freeing us from drudgery so we can do more meaningful work. I believed it. I was wrong, and I think many know it too. The machine does not liberate the worker. It displaces him, then hires him back at a lower rate. The productivity gains have not flowed to workers in nearly half a century. This is not a bug in neoliberalism. It is the engine. Dead labor in software and silicon is the latest form of what has always been used against living labor.</p>