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Farasha Euker's avatar

Thank you for the recommendation. Perhaps, we can pull the Machine down, but if not, there need to be spaces set aside in the hearts of men for wilderness, the Divine, and all that is sacred. Marx wrote of modernity: “All that is solid melts into air, all that is sacred is profaned.” My life's work is to invert that, and to re-sanctify all that has been profaned.

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Brian Villanueva's avatar

And for a counterpoint from 2 people who want to embrace the Machine wholeheartedly:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220615-do-we-need-a-better-understanding-of-progress

"I want humanity to regain its self-esteem and its ambition, to figuratively and literally reach for the stars. I want us to dream of flying cars, fusion energy, nanotech manufacturing, terraforming planets, exploring the galaxy. So it's not just about policy, but about people's fundamental attitudes towards humanity and our place in nature."

They're telling you what they want: to remake humanity. Because Silicon Valley tech entrepreneurs are our new gods.

Infinite progress in a finite world. Amazing how blind very smart people can be. This is what happens when you stop teaching the humanities.

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