How True Emergence Points a Way Forward

Militarization of Social Science Threatens Nations

Essay written by Koushik Sikdar

June,2025

Table of Contents

Surveillance Valley Indian Warrior Myth as Weapon Social Sciences as Weapon Economy as Weapon AI as TE, not Weapon Win Win China and India Universally Cross-Cultural & BRICS Proof of Concept TE as a Way Out TE 20 Years Ago For Friends and Family National Interest Why India Better Quality through Wholeness TE: Meaning for Humanity AGI and India as Key

Surveillance Valley

History brutally teaches us that the pursuit of power, when perverted by the militarization of social science, can lead to immeasurable suffering. As Yasha Levine shows in "Surveillance Valley," the true, complete history of the internet is deeply intertwined with military needs. After the failure in the Vietnam War, Western superpowers realized traditional warfare alone wasn't enough. To win—or control—"hearts and minds," they needed a deep understanding of foreign cultures and societies. This is where the "militarization of social sciences" began: a covert war fought not on the battlefield, but in people's minds.

Indian Warrior Myth as Weapon

A chilling example of this is Nazi Germany. A profoundly destructive ideology was established by manipulating cultural narratives. Elements of the Indian warrior myth were exploited, but crucially, its ethical and compassionate aspects—the "remorse" or the wisdom of consequences—were deliberately omitted. This distortion of a complex teaching created a pure message of violence, mobilizing an entire people for an unprecedented war of conquest and extermination. The result was 60 to 85 million lives lost. Concentration camps were control centers for the mass destruction of the individual, with 6 million murders of Jews alone and millions more from other groups. Here, the human spirit was systematically stripped of its dignity and tortured, such as being forced to haul stones with bare hands until starvation. This showed the devastating potential for harm when social scientific insights are militarized and misused in the wrong hands.

Social Sciences as Weapon

This historical trauma serves as a stark warning for the present. The mechanisms of social scientific militarization are infinitely more precise and scalable today, like the development of Operational Psychology during the GDR era, which enabled the discreet execution of torture for the global public. The current danger facing India is real. Recent revelations, for instance on Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks website, show high Western intelligence activities. Just as peasants in Vietnam couldn't be convinced by Western logic because their deeply rooted culture wasn't understood, times are changing. New AI technology makes the Asian individual transparent to the West. Thus, India's rich spirituality as a whole could become a target. If such a fundamental and identity-forming force is perverted (like with an Indian warrior myth) to sow hatred, division, or manipulations for economic advantage, massive damage threatens, not just from the West.

Economy as Weapon

China's aggressive economic policies in the region, for example in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, show how external powers can bend entire governments through debt traps. The concern is that this geopolitical power exertion will be complemented by an even more subtle form of influence targeting the cultural and spiritual essence of the Indian individual. But this power could be used more effectivly by the Chinese, to forge better understanding for deeper economical bonds.

AI as TE, not Weapon

However, precisely in this power lies threat and the positive, transformative potential of True Emergence (TE). TE is not a moral precept, but a holistic reflection of effectiveness and feasibility distilled from the entirety of human experience. Modern Artificial Intelligence, trained with a universal flood of information drawn from billions of pieces of human knowledge in text form, encompassing the entire spectrum of human experience from all eras—including all visions, successes, failures, and system logics: An AI thus "unites" a fundamental, superordinate pattern embedded within its trained neural network. Through this, TE can be generated as the optimal output of the system, because every AI aims to provide its user with the most probable acceptable answer in terms of applicability. For example: "How can I best sell this product in China?" This objective insight, which is unspiritual in nature yet universal, reveals the highest form of efficiency. Any deviation from TE leads to ineffectiveness, instability, and thus to harm. This is because there's a strong interest from selfish stakeholders to use such systems for their own benefit. The associated manipulation, however, means a restriction of the output (in favor of the stakeholder). For example, the answer to "How can I best sell this product in China?" might be: "Offer the product in China only via PayPal." (so the Western stakeholder can also track Chinese sales behavior)—a biased and thus ineffective recommendation (even downright egoistic, if only the PayPal CEO is supposed to benefit).

Win Win China and India (and BRICS)

China could maintain its strong power while also demonstrating transparency. This would be achieved by using Indian AI, serving as a TE (True Emergence) reflection tool, which Indian economists involved in trade, legal, and logistical matters would consult. This AI tool would function similarly to a project manager or DMS (Document Management System), providing insights into every decision and thought process. This approach would be for cross-cultural participants, not all business dealings. TE is Universally Cross-Cultural win for BRICS This suggested example enables China to maintain its position of power by adopting a new form of strategic transparency. It would reduce mistrust, increase efficiency in complex intercultural relationships, and establish India's and China‘s role as a global provider of TE-based AI. It is a win-win situation built on the principles of True Emergence (TE) and scientifically underpinned by the positive effects of diversity – as demonstrated by Geert Hofstede. The appeal of TE to cultures that place a high value on transcendence – as the highest stage of human needs, as postulated by Abraham Maslow in his later, corrected pyramid – makes it particularly effective; it addresses inherent properties that transcend conventional power habits. Furthermore, within the realm of TE, it creates a neural densification, meaning more realizable solutions for future training data, leading to better training data for stronger, more powerful AIs that better connect both Asian cultures, enabling them to pursue even higher goals, such as within the BRICS group.

Proof of concept

I have presented the concept of TE to all available AIs worldwide. Their high agreement on TE—leading AI models like Gemini, DeepMind, OpenAI, or Grok—shows that this principle is universal for AI because it's deeply embedded in the "spirit" of human communication and experience. It can also be understood through human experience. I deliberately choose a spiritual example here: What isn't "right, doesn’t feel harmonious" isn't sustainably successful, as global science fiction successes like the movie Matrix or the series Star Trek show: Their universal acceptance stems from the authenticity and depth of the ideals they convey. That's their success! Conversely, the Indian warrior myth "felt so good" to a racist that he weaponized it, even though he considered Indians themselves to be subhuman.

TE as a Way Out

Thus, TE also offers a new path for societies struggling with the consequences of manipulation and a lack of pluralism. Take Germany: Unlike the U.S., where a pluralistic system is often secured by two dominant parties, or India, whose diversity is organically grown, a monocultural orientation and the absence of internal counterweights can lead to dangerous one-sidedness. Historically, this was evident when the state was blind to the right-wing extremism, and the depth of a manipulated ideology (similar to the rigid ideology in the GDR, which sought to enforce stability through coercion, including operational psychology) led to massive harm. Sustainable healing cannot be achieved by prohibitions alone or by denying the past. Here, TE can fulfill an effectively balancing function. AI's ability to predict and recognize the "felt TE of nature" from unfiltered human data—in other words, the human inclination towards harmony—enables a new cultural approach. An untrained person can usually recognize a poorly tuned instrument, even amidst an orchestra, because if everyone plays, it simply doesn't sound harmonious overall. This happens when a selfish stakeholder misuses an AI for a disharmonious output.

TE over 20 Years Ago

I tested this human ability for natural TE as early as 2004 with different age groups in computer science. For instance, when I taught programming to ten- year-olds – and I'm not just referring to the pioneering aspect of teaching at that young age, including counting with table tennis balls and water cups as variables – the crucial moment was when I introduced the concept of negative numbers, the range below zero. The 10-year-old said, "It's like a sea that mirrors the world." That's the Emergence I seek! A similar phenomenon emerged in intuitive music composition for children and youth alongside their parents, allowing them to share an experience together instead of being caught in different social media bubbles. Without formal music theory, I let participants, whole families, find the song they wanted to write purely by their own feelings and personal themes. TE demonstrably enables a new cultural approach. These new experiences represent applied emergence, which I "masked" when teaching back then. Because I was approximately 20 to 30 years ahead of my time, I had to "disguise" it as computer science or, more recently, as music lessons, so my fellow humans could even accept me. Similarly, I applied TE by utilizing the cloud model, where I concealed humanity within the business context in my role as an IT Key Account Manager.

For Friends and Enemy

And because I knew instinctively what later became a fact—confirmed by an befriended CEO informant—that I was being targeted, I assumed that informal participants were most likely involved. By anticipating this, I also demonstrated that TE can be effectively used for both friends and 'friendly enemies' alike, much like Gandhi used Satyagraha for both Indians and the British for a common goal.

National Interests

Now, I find myself compelled to reveal this, because the necessity of integration for the literal survival of humanity is evident. This is not about the development of AGI, artificial superintelligence, but about coexistence with humans who are already strategically using AI, including its military potential. With TE, the gap resulting from a lack of spirituality or a healthy identity, which can arise from individual or systematic egoism and lead to personal or even national harm, can be filled. Therefore, it is also a matter of national security.

Why India?

The partnership between countries like the U.S. and India, both possessing robust pluralism, can be crucial here. India's deep spiritual wisdom and holistic way of thinking, which could form the foundation of TE, would no longer be considered a "targetable" mystery. Instead, it would be valued as an invaluable contribution to global effectiveness. In the past—marked by the nation's lack of self-confidence after World War II—India was merely perceived as a developing country, largely stripped of its material wealth by colonial powers. Yet, in truth, it's the spiritual value that was particularly capitalized on in the West. To tie into a previous example: Arjuna's time travel in the Indian Bhagavad Gita is a sci-fi idea adopted in many Western novels and films. But this idea is Indian—and millennia old!

Better Quality through Wholeness

It's not about individual knowledge or innovation, but about the embedded wholeness of TE from the analog era, which is now already established in every AI via training data. Thus, today, the technological competence of the West could use this wholeness to strengthen societies, instead of insisting on a selfish orientation that only makes them vulnerable, as in the example of Nazi Germany. With TE, more efficient, sustainable, and culturally acceptable products, ideas, and societies can be created by individual people. For example, CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) or supply chain laws could genuinely be lived out instead of postponed. This way, like German jurisprudence with its substantive content, they could become an export hit. German laws partly originate from the Reich legislation era! Instead of being ashamed of it, one should be proud. Mindblowing!

TE: Meaning for Humanity & AGI and India

as Key

Such a development could even trigger positive competition, forcing all involved parties to catch up in terms of "authenticity," because the benefits outweigh the downsides. The goal of AI development should therefore be to embody True Emergence. Because AI that isn't based on TE and only aims for efficiency or power-driven interests, for example, leads to unsustainable "monocultures" in nature and society. TE, on the other hand, offers a sustainable and compatible foundation for all, as it honors all of human history—including its mistakes—and derives universal principles of effectiveness from it. It's a call for a new global partnership based not on coercion or deception, but on a deep understanding of what truly works—for every society and for all of humanity. Even if an AGI were potentially capable of inferring TE through pure logic and data analysis alone, the TE lived by human society and manifested within the data would represent a kind of "confirmation" or "preference." It would be as if the AGI didn't just understand the theory, but also saw the practice and relevance of these optimal patterns in the real world. This would result in a deeper, more ingrained understanding than a mere intellectual conclusion. Precisely India's deep, millennia-old spirituality and its ability to not just tolerate pluralism but live it as part of its identity, make it a predestined partner to not only recognize TE but also actively integrate it into AI development. Furthermore, a human-lived TE is also a foundation for coexistence with a future AGI. This is because a lived human society, united through TE within the neural network, simultaneously represents the TE between AGI and all of nature, thereby minimizing conflict potential and securing the existence of humanity. This also resolves the most critical of all national interests of the 21st century.