"I was a pretty hardcore lefty a decade a go, untill I somehow ended up reading a book on Nietzsche and I realized what a hypocrite I really was"
Yeah, I was a pretty hardcore lefty too, but I just couldn't handle all the cognitive dissonance that came with it.
I found myself increasingly at odds with the whole shemozzle, but I must. . . suppress. . . urge. . . to rant. . .on and on. . . about evils of neoliberalism, endless economic growth in a limited system, mammon worship, inappropriate and downright satanic technology, . . . etc, etc. . .
Phew, that was close :P
I will take this chance though to agree with you though that the system doesn't really allow things to be sacred, or have a place for the human spirit.
Instead, the system represents an absolute horror show of de-humanization and de-sacralization. And as we've all seen play out recently, that which de-sacralizes becomes the sacred. Hence the abominable new 'unchallengeable' religion of 'progress/scientism' that's worshipped by the authorities with its sacramental clotshots etc, etc.
I guess the same is probably of de-humanization, what with individuals being mandated to take shots against their will, and with the othering and segregation of clotshot refuseniks, but with pharama corporations (which are regarded as legal individuals/persons) being fawned over and protected from the repercussions of their actions and products. I mean, which of the two (real vs fictional legal persons) is getting treated more 'humanely' in that example!
And wasn't there some Google engineer (or whoever) the other day who said that the AI he was working on was now a person? How long will it take for the scientism faithful to start seriously talking about rights for machines?
It's all pretty loathsome really.
And here I was saying I wasn't going to rant!
I'm going to try to lighten things up a bit: It's a cold, grey and rainy day where I live, but I'm sitting in a warm and comfy chair, looking out my window at three gorgeous breeding pairs of flame-scarlet and green Australian King Parrots in the tree across the street.
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Re: Sam Harris
Date: 2022-08-23 07:12 am (UTC)Yeah, I was a pretty hardcore lefty too, but I just couldn't handle all the cognitive dissonance that came with it.
I found myself increasingly at odds with the whole shemozzle, but I must. . . suppress. . . urge. . . to rant. . .on and on. . . about evils of neoliberalism, endless economic growth in a limited system, mammon worship, inappropriate and downright satanic technology, . . . etc, etc. . .
Phew, that was close :P
I will take this chance though to agree with you though that the system doesn't really allow things to be sacred, or have a place for the human spirit.
Instead, the system represents an absolute horror show of de-humanization and de-sacralization. And as we've all seen play out recently, that which de-sacralizes becomes the sacred. Hence the abominable new 'unchallengeable' religion of 'progress/scientism' that's worshipped by the authorities with its sacramental clotshots etc, etc.
I guess the same is probably of de-humanization, what with individuals being mandated to take shots against their will, and with the othering and segregation of clotshot refuseniks, but with pharama corporations (which are regarded as legal individuals/persons) being fawned over and protected from the repercussions of their actions and products. I mean, which of the two (real vs fictional legal persons) is getting treated more 'humanely' in that example!
And wasn't there some Google engineer (or whoever) the other day who said that the AI he was working on was now a person? How long will it take for the scientism faithful to start seriously talking about rights for machines?
It's all pretty loathsome really.
And here I was saying I wasn't going to rant!
I'm going to try to lighten things up a bit: It's a cold, grey and rainy day where I live, but I'm sitting in a warm and comfy chair, looking out my window at three gorgeous breeding pairs of flame-scarlet and green Australian King Parrots in the tree across the street.