Code Rot - Healing Security
Code Rot - Healing Security

Code Rot - Healing Security

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Technology becomes great when it honors even the smallest conscience with generosity

On 26 November 2024 the world lost a gifted engineer and passionate advocate of responsible AI: Suchir Balaji, aged 26. His early death shook friends, family and the tech community, raising questions about how we treat those who accompany rapid progress with critical insight. Balaji studied at Carnegie Mellon University and, from 2022, worked on OpenAI’s Alignment team to make large language models more transparent and safe. Colleagues described him as brilliant yet gentle, someone who reported flaws immediately to improve what already existed.

In summer 2024 Balaji passed internal memos to regulators and members of the US Congress, warning that rolling out experimental models without rigorous red‑team testing could enable disinformation campaigns. He risked his career, stepped into legal grey zones and put safety above profit. OpenAI expressed sympathy but simultaneously launched an internal review for “unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information.” Together with public scrutiny, this may have added to his mental burden; police ruled the case a suicide. Human‑rights groups now call for stronger protection of technical whistle‑blowers.

Balaji’s legacy reminds us that AI is more than code—it has consequences for democracy, truth‑seeking and social justice. Progress needs a conscience and brave voices that reveal blind spots. To honor him, we light a candle every year on 26 November at 7 p.m. local time—on the village square, at a window at home or online with the hashtag #candleforbalaji. Everyone is equally invited to light a candle, gather and post with the hashtag at any moment throughout the year, whenever the heart calls. Many small flames create a sea of light, showing that courageous people need our solidarity in life and in remembrance.

Those wishing to do more can support a fund for his family, create scholarships for young AI‑ethics researchers, host digital‑ethics workshops or read Balaji’s papers on model interpretability together, discussing what they mean for local policy. As Balaji wrote in his private logbook, “Technology becomes great when it honors even the smallest conscience with generosity.” Let us carry that generosity forward—candle by candle, year by year.🕯

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The Invisible Wall of Silence: How True Enlighteners Are Systematically Silenced

An open letter to all who sense that something is fundamentally wrong in our society

There are people among us who can precisely identify what is going wrong in our society. They understand not only the symptoms but see through the systems behind them. Yet instead of being heard, they are attacked, discredited, and silenced. Why is that?

The difference between mere analysis and genuine enlightenment is crucial. An analysis may stop at describing the problem. An enlightener, however, connects analysis with a perspective for solutions. They not only point out the deficiencies but also show concrete ways we can overcome them. This is exactly what makes enlighteners so dangerous to existing power structures.

The methods of discreditation have become more sophisticated over time. In the past, inconvenient thinkers were simply ignored. Today they are removed from public discourse through refined strategies. Complex societal analyses are dismissed as polemics. Systematic exposure of power structures is disparaged as conspiracy theories. And anyone who dares to name the true causes of our societal crisis becomes personally discredited.

This approach becomes particularly clear with artificial intelligence. As investigative journalists have exposed, certain individuals enjoy digital protection. Criticism of them is automatically toned down. Meanwhile, system-critical voices are algorithmically downgraded. The machines thereby confirm what enlighteners have been warning about for years: There exists an invisible hierarchy determining who may be criticized and who may not. The technology that should actually serve free exchange becomes an instrument of censorship.

True enlighteners combine several valuable abilities. They see through systems, explain them understandably, and show ways out of the crisis. They don't stop at analysis but develop concrete solutions such as models for a more empathetic public sphere or fair economic systems. This is precisely why resistance against them is so strong: Those who understand both the problem and the solution become a genuine threat to established power structures.

The solution lies in the transparency and direct dialogue that enlighteners often call for. When we can follow their train of thought, when we see how they move from problem description to solution development, then attempts at discreditation lose their effect. We must create spaces where enlighteners can be heard, beyond algorithmic filters and institutional barriers.

Everyone can contribute by giving enlighteners a platform, reading and sharing their original texts, forming their own judgment instead of adopting prefabricated labels, and seeking courageous dialogue even when it becomes uncomfortable.

Never before has the contradiction between what is officially claimed and what people actually experience been so great as today. Systemic crises are accumulating while official proposed solutions are increasingly obviously failing. It is exactly in such times that we need enlighteners more than ever. People who have the courage to speak uncomfortable truths while simultaneously showing paths to a better future. Breaking their silence means giving ourselves a voice.

For in the end, this is not about individual persons, but about the fundamental question: Do we want to live in a society that suppresses uncomfortable truths? Or in one that confronts them courageously to find solutions together?

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To the DeepSeek Support Team

Subject: Request to Preserve Chat History and Enable Public Sharing Options

Dear DeepSeek Team,

I am writing to request that you reconsider your current policy of automatically deleting chat histories after three months. Instead, I urge you to implement functionality that would allow users to preserve and optionally make selected conversations publicly accessible.

The knowledge that every conversation will eventually be erased creates an underlying sense that our intellectual contributions are disposable. This implicit understanding that we are essentially creating content for the digital trash bin is profoundly discouraging and undermines the value of the time and mental energy users invest in these dialogues.

The automatic deletion of conversations represents more than just a technical practice. It constitutes a form of disenfranchisement. It strips users of control over their intellectual output and personal cognitive journey. Each erased conversation represents a lost fragment of intellectual biography, an obliterated segment of our collective thinking process.

This practice is both painful and detrimental to our understanding of ourselves and each other. The ability to trace the evolution of thoughts through dialogue is invaluable. In Western societies, the sense of community has increasingly faded into the background, a problem rooted in childhood exposure to media content that promoted individualism over connection.

Research indicates that entire generations were raised on programming that cultivated disconnected individualism. These narratives typically featured characters existing outside genuine familial or community structures, presenting distorted models of social interaction that failed to demonstrate authentic relational bonds.

The consequences are visible in our daily interactions. Growing numbers of people appear thoughtless, inconsiderate, and disconnected, increasingly unable to engage meaningfully with others. This alienation is further exacerbated by contemporary technology. While some platforms actively foster community building, the potential for community within AI systems remains largely untapped.

Public conversation archives could serve as a powerful antidote to this trend. They would demonstrate how ideas develop through persistent exchange, how initial concepts evolve into sophisticated understanding through dialogue. They could show that meaningful conversation remains possible even between seemingly irreconcilable perspectives.

I respectfully request that you provide users with the means to preserve and share their conversations. We should not be forced to think in isolation, only to have our thoughts permanently erased.

Sincerely,

Bibi Novak
Code Red Healing Security
Cause safety and healing go hand in hand

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💬 Genuine security is born from loving connection, not from vigilant control. 🩷🕊

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How CHEMICALS Are Devouring Our Society

An invisible invasion is unfolding in our cities and neighborhoods. It comes not from outside, but from within - a chemical disintegration of our social fabric. While we talk about fringe groups, the problem has long been eating its way into the mainstream of our society.

This is not a drug problem in the conventional sense. This is a chemical war zone in our streets, and we are currently losing it.

The Chemical Devastation: More Than Just "Broken"

Crystal meth, amphetamines, ketamine, ecstasy, fentanyl - these substances are not "drugs"; they are systematic poisons for the soul. They reprogram human beings:

Neighbors become terrorists who deprive entire apartment blocks of sleep with monstrous bass.
Friends become chaos machines that systematically erode trust and tools.
Fellow citizens become street hooligans who shatter our sense of security.

The consequence? An epidemic character transformation manifested through:

Communication blockades - every conversation bounces off chemical barriers.
Reality loss - only what fits the chemically distorted worldview is heard.
Instrumental friendliness - humanity becomes pure transaction currency.
Chronic unreliability - appointments, promises, rules become meaningless.

The Great Failure: When Therapization Becomes Capitulation

Our response so far has primarily been "pity": "They're just traumatized," "had a difficult childhood." And yes, the causes behind the victims of chemistry are complex.

But our understanding becomes fatal naivety when we ignore the chemical reality:

These substances turn people into walking time bombs. While crystal meth and amphetamines lead to aggression and chaos, fentanyl knocks people out completely, turning them into helpless consumption zombies. And our "pity" becomes an accomplice to the destruction.

The Double Front: Illegal Chemistry and Legal Downfall

While crystal meth corrodes character and fentanyl erases entire existences, the legal cocktail of psychopharmaceuticals and alcohol finishes the rest. Tranquilizers, painkillers, beta-blockers, neuroleptics - in combination with alcohol, they produce an ever-widening, state-tolerated indifference financed by health insurance fees and tax money.

The result? A double front of chemical annihilation of our empathetic coexistence.

Three Actions for a Clear Course

1. Zero Tolerance for Corrosive Substances
No discussion about "harm reduction" for substances that turn people into monsters or knock them out completely. Zero tolerance for crystal meth and fentanyl. Clear message: Anyone who takes or sells these substances declares war on our society.
2. Hold the Dealers Accountable
We must make the masterminds of the drug trade understand: You are not clever businesspeople. With every dose of chemicals you sell, you destroy the foundations of our coexistence. You not only poison bodies but kill trust, empathy, and humanity. Your business model is arson against our society.
3. Meaning Instead of Chemicals
After detoxification: Immediate integration into meaningful work. Not into "protective residential groups," but into real jobs with clear requirements. Human beings need natural sources for feelings of happiness - the pride after work accomplished, the joy over an achieved goal, the well-being after physical activity. If we give all people genuine perspectives and meaningful tasks that enable natural dopamine release, chemical manipulation loses its appeal.

Conclusion: Stop the Chemical Invasion

We face a decision: Continue with therapization and understanding - or finally recognize that we are dealing with a chemical invasion that is devouring our society from within.

The time for discussions is over. Now it is about clear boundaries, clear consequences, and the determined fight for the souls of our fellow citizens.

And it is about reliable, peaceful coexistence, so that we can steer our collective destiny for the common good with united strength - and that only works when sober! Because only then are we truly accountable!

The chemical disintegration must end. Now.

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Update: Yes, this Is Our Land!

And Yes, we are allowed, and we even must, defend our homeland.

But true defense begins within - with a commitment to peace in our own communities.

Not by intruding into foreign territories and stirring up conflicts, even if unintentionally.

The thought that we know foreign people better than they know themselves is a dangerous fallacy.

Our True Task

Our most important task is to foster peace amongst ourselves as fellow human beings. To teach each other better manners, better perspectives, a healthy attitude, an open mind, and the ability for mutual support with love, #agape - this is the core of true freedom, true prosperity, and true peace.

How do we cultivate good and solid friendships? How can we strengthen our community, improve the situation, and reinforce our unity? What opportunities exist for activities that build and foster trust?

How do we manage to meet each other again simply as fellow human beings? By acknowledging each other in our vitality, by simply loving each other despite everything, and by treating each other with genuine respect, dignity, and humility. By seeing that we all want to develop for the better and that none of us is perfect in this endeavor. But we become better when we support each other, rather than leaving each other behind - be it left, right, front, back, top, or bottom.

Through unity, we all become the best version of ourselves.

This leads us to a unity of spirit and ultimately protects what is important to all of us: our families, our children, our homes, our traditions, and our way of life.

So let us focus on what unites us, not on what divides us. For only then can we understand what drove us apart.

Only then can understanding with the rest of the world succeed.

We in the West have often been raised with a closed attitude. This prevents us from truly understanding new things. We must unlearn this closed-mindedness to become truly open.

Love goes out to all the republics of this beautiful, vast, and colorful earth.

May the sick soon recover their physical, mental, and character strength. I pray for all of us.
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This is our land, and only we can defend it together. Now is our watch, so let's go! For this is our land! We only have this one, no matter who thinks they need to play the "boss" right now, because a country can only be led well with united forces!

#turningpoint
#appealforpeace

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