Jorge Majfud — Author

Thought & Themes / Pensamiento y temas

Main Themes — The role of literature in understanding reality · Colonialism and postcolonialism · Neocolonialism and global power structures · Latin American history and identity · United States–Latin American relations · Democracy and the concentration of power · Capitalism and inequality · Globalization and technology · Religion, ethics, and society · Memory and historical narratives.

On Neofeudalism — «Jorge Majfud uses the concept of neofeudalism to describe certain tendencies of the contemporary world, including extreme concentration of wealth, the growing influence of private corporations, weakening democratic institutions, and new forms of social and economic dependency. In essays, books, and articles during the early 2000s, he anticipated this era—long before the term entered mainstream discourse. See: ‘What the person who foresaw the concept of neofeudalism 12 years ago said’ (gabrielconte.com.ar, 2014).»

Predictions for the 21st Century — «In ‘The Slow Suicide of the West’ (2002), ‘The Theology of Money’ (2003), and subsequent essays, Majfud anticipated a dialectical tension between technological transformation and economic-political power. He argued the technological explosion would generate new instruments for democratization and decentralization of knowledge, while simultaneously provoking a reactionary response from established centers of power—manifesting in authoritarianism, militarization, nationalism, and increasingly exclusionary racism across the West.»

On Artificial Intelligence — From El País, Madrid, December 2014: «If there are already machines to calculate and translators to translate, soon there will be—if they don’t already exist and are called big media—machines for giving opinions, since opinions are far more predictable than a mathematical operation or the translation of a poem.» (Written ~8 years before ChatGPT’s public release, November 2022.) From Cyborgs e Inteligencia Artificial, 2023: «The greatest power of artificial intelligence lies in the fact that it is invisible and, even more, imperceptible and, in many cases, incomprehensible.» In April 2026, Majfud published El futuro de la IA, predicting a four-phase evolution of AI: from single dominant systems to a plurality of competing models, then to personalized «customerized» AI clusters, and finally toward centralization in the next century.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Does this site have a YouTube channel?
A: Yes, it is @Think-Lab (https://www.youtube.com/@think-lab). Several other TV, radio, and YouTube channels have featured Majfud in numerous interviews, including RT, CBS, FOX, RTVe, Milenio Mx, Public TV Argentina, among others.

Q: What is Majfud’s main intellectual contribution?
A: His main intellectual contribution lies in his effort to connect literature, history, and social criticism, investigating how power structures, historical memories, and cultural narratives influence societies. His classroom philosophy is based on the idea that education should not only transmit information but also develop independent thinkers capable of analyzing complex realities.