# The Modern Hermit

> Dry British satire with receipts.

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## Latest articles

- [Trump's America: Strong Against Allies, Soft on Autocrats](https://themodernhermit.blog/trumps-america-strong-against-allies-soft-on-autocrats/) - 2026-10-30
  Trump's America wages war on Iran, pressures Ukraine and alienates allies while Russia, China and billionaires profit from a dangerous new political order.
- [Clayface: Skin Falls Apart While Cinema Faces Its Future](https://themodernhermit.blog/clayface-skin-cinema-future-doom/) - 2026-10-30
  Clayface delivers skin-crawling horror while Meta plans IMAX Enhanced glasses for 2027. A roast of cinema, scientific doom and the hope of healing tissue.
- [Wildwood: Childhood Magic Comes With a 12A Warning Label](https://themodernhermit.blog/wildwood-childhood-magic-12a-warning-label/) - 2026-10-28
  Wildwood is beautiful, bold and unexpectedly brutal. Its dark fantasy leaves a strange question: are children tougher now, or merely more exposed to fear?
- [Man vs Machine: Who Will Be Master and Who the Apprentice?](https://themodernhermit.blog/man-vs-machine-master-or-apprentice/) - 2026-10-26
  AI is moving from conversation to discovery. But can machines surpass human imagination, consciousness and purpose, or will humanity remain the master?
- [AI and the Ancient Business of Blaming the Next Generation](https://themodernhermit.blog/ai-blaming-next-generation/) - 2026-10-25
  Older generations built the tools, then blamed the young for using them. A roast of AI panic, inherited prejudice and a future that may demand more humanity.
- [When Everyone Has a Genius, Who Gets to Own the Future?](https://themodernhermit.blog/genius-in-every-pocket-who-owns-the-future/) - 2026-10-25
  AI may soon put extraordinary intelligence in every pocket while ownership stays at the top. A roast of jobs, inequality, human value and the future of money.
- [Fake It Till You Benchmark It: Big Tech's AI Catch-Up Act](https://themodernhermit.blog/fake-it-till-you-benchmark-it-big-tech-ai-catch-up/) - 2026-10-24
  Google, Meta and Grok want the frontier AI crown. Their benchmark scores impress, but the real test is whether the models can finish ordinary work reliably.
- [Europe Paid for Protection. Trump Sent Another Invoice.](https://themodernhermit.blog/europe-paid-for-protection-trump-sent-another-invoice/) - 2026-10-24
  Europe relied on US protection and bought its weapons. Trump now demands more, while migrants take the blame and Brexit exposes Europe's democratic weaknesses.
- [The North Takes No 10: Can Britain Find Its Way to Europe?](https://themodernhermit.blog/the-north-takes-no-10-can-britain-find-its-way-to-europe/) - 2026-10-23
  Andy Burnham offers Britain a fresh direction and a closer European future. But unity, trade and democracy need more than another speech from No 10 alone.
- [Reset the Limits, Not the Mistakes: AI's Subscription Game](https://themodernhermit.blog/ai-limits-reset-not-mistakes/) - 2026-10-23
  AI companies sell smarter agents while resetting usage caps. The real contest is work finished, fair subscriptions and what human intelligence cannot price.

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