Journal – Trance Blackman

Here you’ll find my philosophical meanderings in the form of articles, essays, and occasional poetry. My interests and curiosities are broad, but the central focus remains the pursuit of what is authentic, real, and true.

Lux et veritas

Journal Entries / technocracy (10 Posts)

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The Earthbound Dance

22 May 2026 ~ 7 minute read

There is a strange exhaustion that settles over a civilization when too much noise, too much urgency, and too many competing narratives begin pulling at the mind all at once. Beneath the surface of daily life, beneath the routines, ambitions, distractions, and endless streams of information, many of us sense that something deeper is being shaped around us and through us. Not always by force, and not always with malice, but through the slow conditioning of perception, habit, fear, convenience, and consent.

Manufactured Necessity and the Fiction of Progress

19 March 2026 ~ 4 minute read

There’s a growing insistence that technological acceleration, especially AI, is not just inevitable, but necessary. Yet when you look closely, that premise begins to unravel.

Symbols and Reality, Act II: The Theater of the Savior

31 December 2025 ~ 6 minute read

Every generation produces its heroes, its saviors, its symbols of salvation. In our time, figures like Elon Musk are elevated to mythic status, but beneath the spectacle lies a recurring pattern: the engineered hero, the curated narrative, and the weaponization of human psychology. This essay explores how symbols and myth are used to capture belief, manipulate perception, and divert attention from material reality, inviting readers to reclaim discernment in a world enthralled by spectacle.

Symbols and Reality, Act I: Electric Dreams, Hidden Costs

31 December 2025 ~ 6 minute read

The electric vehicle has been elevated from transportation technology to moral symbol. Marketed as a solution to ecological collapse, it obscures the extractive realities, economic losses, and psychological manipulation that sustain its adoption. This essay examines the gap between the story we’re told and the systems that quietly benefit from our belief.

Soft Force: The Air of the Artificial

02 July 2025 ~ 3 minute read

The artificial does not arrive by accident. It is invited, sold, normalized — until what once felt foreign begins to feel inevitable. But underneath the noise, something in us still knows what is real.

EMFs, Technology, Wellness and Disease

13 November 2024 (rev. 19 November 2024) ~ 33 minute read

I came across an article by Arthur Firstenberg, titled “Please Get Rid of Your Cell Phones Now,” which got me thinking about aspects of this topic that I wanted to explore further. After watching a few YouTube videos on EMFs, particularly in EVs like Teslas, I found myself wanting more specific information – and, of course, I wanted to share my findings. So, I thought, why not query ChatGPT and see what comes up?