# The Universal  ## Metadata - Author: [[Paul Kingsnorth]] - Full Title: The Universal - Category: #articles - URL: https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-universal ## Highlights Like any system, if you cycle through it repeatedly, it will statistically favor certain inherent patterns that are embedded in the whole system. The question I keep asking is: what are the tendencies in the system of technologies as a whole? What does the technium favor? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gz23r32c9660nd5jjktztcws)) What if we don’t understand these new ‘intelligences’ because we didn’t create them at all? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gz23tzrrds6enhjms6gs4p3a))