Marco Perugini -Empirical measurement of power concentration - infrastructure, markets, financial architecture. FACT/INFERENCE methodology. marco@centrifuga.net
In a recent essay, Marco Perugini of @CentrifugaLab argues that the Administration’s approach to NRC policy shows how presidential directive power can reshape independent agencies. buff.ly/X9EPBMO
OSTP released "Science: A New Golden Age" yesterday. 123 pages. Chapter V: Genesis Mission as flagship. Chapter III: NRC bypass as policy. OTA as cross-cutting mechanism. SEMATECH as model.
I documented the governance gaps in these architectures before they were presented as official strategy:
- Genesis Mission (Feb 2026): zenodo.org/records/20061699
- Governance Gap (Mar 2026): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20320…
- Pax Silica (Apr 2026): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20841…
- Governance by Friction (Jun 2026): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21093…
The report confirms the convergence. It does not address the accountability question.
whitehouse.gov/science/
Il processo che ha portato l'UE ad aderire a Pax Silica è passato per mesi attraverso il Coreper con copertura quasi nulla sulla stampa generalista europea. Lo stesso giorno della firma, l'architetto americano dell'iniziativa pubblicava un saggio che liquida la sovranità digitale europea come concetto superato. @lavoceinfolavoce.info/archives/111889/…
The EU's largest single market joined a 20+ country AI supply chain pact with almost no mainstream media coverage before the signature. France initially objected. The mandate was resolved in weeks. The public saw the fullest account only after it was concluded.
My letter in the Financial Times on the Pax Silica process:
ft.com/content/bec64be1-d2b5…
nitter.net/ArnoGottschalk/status/…
Two factual notes: the June 12 directive named Anthropic specifically, not "leading AI models" as a category — worth keeping that precise. On governance: EU AI Act Art. 2(3) was a deliberate military-AI exclusion, not an accidental gap — documented with primary sources here: zenodo.org/records/20320213
The institutional vs. structural framing is a useful distinction worth exploring further.
@ArnoGottschalk
23 June 2026: the EU signs Pax Silica. Same day, Jacob Helberg publishes "The Digital Sovereignty Trap" on the State Department's own Substack — calling Europe's flagship policy term "backward and counterproductive," and naming Pax Silica its replacement.
Full primary-source timeline: zenodo.org/records/20841435
Tether ha bloccato 344M$ in USDT su ordine OFAC il 24 aprile. Il Tesoro USA ne ha sequestrato 1 miliardo il 29 maggio. Il GENIUS Act impone a tutti gli emittenti, anche esteri, la capacità tecnica di congelare. MiCA non ha alcun meccanismo per contestarlo prima.
lavoce.info/archives/111637/…@lavoceinfo
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