Geopolitics & Empire

John Klyczek: The Social Credit Cybernetics Merger of AI, Edtech, Fintech, & IDtech

Oct 19, 2025
John Klyczek, a scholar focusing on the corporatization of education and author of 'School World Order,' dives into the convergence of AI, edtech, fintech, and digital ID systems under a social credit framework. He reveals insights on how digital wallets expand beyond education into broader social sectors and the risks of fragmented data collection. Klyczek discusses the impacts of AI tutors on human educators, the implications of digital ID for surveillance, and the evolving narrative control in alternative media, touching on esoteric influences on society.
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INSIGHT

Fintech Meets Education For Predictive Control

  • The PayPal network, Project 2025, and state policy think tanks are converging to push digital wallets and stablecoins into education.
  • This creates programmable, trackable funds that feed AI-driven learning and career-path feedback loops.
INSIGHT

Digital Wallets Become Government Middlemen

  • Digital wallet firms often start in one sector then expand to distribute many types of government funds.
  • Companies like Class Wallet and Benefit Wallet show wallets bridging education, FEMA, HUD, and healthcare payments.
INSIGHT

Health Tokens Mirror Education Tokenization

  • Wearables and precision-medicine projects aim to mine lifestyle and genetic data to create health-token incentives.
  • The same feedback-loop model used in edtech can reward or penalize individuals via health tokens tied to behavior.
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