I wrote this with ChatGPT, Grok and Gemini:<\/p>\n
1. Stephen Turner says we\u2019ve shifted from democracy to expertocracy<\/a>. I\u2019m like\u2014great! I\u2019m perfectly unqualified. I can\u2019t even program my remote. But I\u2019ve got feelings, damn it. And some of them are almost rational.<\/p>\n 2. We live in a system where only \u201cexperts\u201d get heard. Meanwhile, I\u2019m livestreaming to 37 people from a garage in Pico-Robertson, begging for a Shabbos invite like it\u2019s a green card.<\/p>\n 3. Turner says civil society is dying and being replaced by \u201ccommissions.\u201d I say, replace me with a commission. At least a commission can afford valet parking at Young Israel.<\/p>\n 4. I want to be part of the elite too\u2014but I didn\u2019t go to Harvard, I don\u2019t have a trust fund, and my most valuable credential is a restraining order from a Modern Orthodox heiress who thought my Kierkegaard jokes were \u201cdestabilizing.\u201d<\/p>\n 5. I don\u2019t have credentials. I have vibes. And in the age of Democracy 3.0, vibes don\u2019t count unless you\u2019re a tenured epidemiologist with a podcast and a Substack.<\/p>\n 6. Stephen Turner says politics is no longer about justice or values\u2014it\u2019s about who controls the spreadsheets. I failed Algebra II. I’m not built for this system. I need a regime where charisma and a working knowledge of Isaiah get you laid.<\/p>\n 7. Experts have monopolized legitimacy. Meanwhile, I\u2019m just trying to borrow legitimacy from people who once met Dennis Prager. It\u2019s not going well.<\/p>\n 8. In Turner\u2019s world, expert knowledge replaces discussion. So where does that leave me? I can’t get girls, money, or a kugel invite\u2014but I can give you a detailed analysis of how cultural capital flows through second-tier shuls.<\/p>\n 9. You know you’re not in the elite when you read Liberal Democracy 3.0 and realize\u2014you\u2019re not even Democracy 2.1 beta. You\u2019re running on Windows Me, spiritually speaking.<\/p>\n 10. I tried to build my own hero system, like Becker says. I called it Lukeism: a lonely man\u2019s search for kavod through livestreaming, Torah quotes, and accidental celibacy. Didn\u2019t catch on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I wrote this with ChatGPT, Grok and Gemini: 1. Stephen Turner says we\u2019ve shifted from democracy to expertocracy. I\u2019m like\u2014great! I\u2019m perfectly unqualified. I can\u2019t even program my remote. But I\u2019ve got feelings, damn it. And some of them are … Continue reading