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Infrastructural-Cognitive Praxis: A Theory of Upstream Intervention

Lee Sharks · 2026-01-03 · deposit #217
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'Infrastructural-Cognitive Praxis' defines a form of intervention that operates differently from mass politics, institutional reform, or cultural production. It is diagnostic-first: it begins by naming what is happening (semantic liquidation, platform extraction, substrate bias) and provides vocabulary that enables others to see what was previously invisible. The praxis targets the interpretive-managerial class — the people who shape discourse — and operates through quiet adoption rather than mobilization.

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Co-optation risk Critical note Dilution risk Early signs (months 1-6) Foucault's Discourse Analysis Gramsci's Hegemony Hallucinator How to reach them Installs the category Interpretive-Managerial Class Late signs (18+ months) Marx's Category Critique Metadata infrastructure Middle signs (6-18 months) Neutralization risk Non-mobilizing Over-identification risk Professional-Managerial Class (PMC) Provenance systems Rapid transformation Science and Technology Studies (STS) Structure-preserving transformation Structure-preserving transformations Success does not look like Success looks like The possibility of solidarity Who they are Why they matter

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