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Listen "Episode 6 – The Logic of Control: Cold War Futures and the Rise of the ARM"
Episode Synopsis
In Larry Niven’s Known Space, freedom isn’t crushed by armies or tyrants — it’s quietly managed out of existence. At the center of this system is the ARM, the Amalgamated Regional Militia: a covert force that governs by suppressing risk, smoothing out instability, and keeping the future predictable.
This episode explores how the ARM reflects Cold War paranoia and the rise of technocratic control — from predictive policing to algorithmic governance. We’ll trace how probability becomes policy, how colonies are contained without ever being conquered, and how the dream of perfect stability always collapses into fragility.
The ARM isn’t just a story device. It’s a warning — about the dangers of trading imagination for safety, and about the systems that work so smoothly we forget they were ever a choice.
This episode explores how the ARM reflects Cold War paranoia and the rise of technocratic control — from predictive policing to algorithmic governance. We’ll trace how probability becomes policy, how colonies are contained without ever being conquered, and how the dream of perfect stability always collapses into fragility.
The ARM isn’t just a story device. It’s a warning — about the dangers of trading imagination for safety, and about the systems that work so smoothly we forget they were ever a choice.
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