Here's three links:
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I suspect the ease with which we have lately accepted the authority of health experts to reshape the contours of our common life is due to the fact that safetyism has largely displaced other moral sensibilities that might offer some resistance.
Much to chew on in this piece from
, a rare thinking man not afraid to work with his hands.BONUS: Youtube interview
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Transhumanism strikes me as a literalising of the powers associated with superheroes, a means of “actualising” them in a very literal way through technology. But my main question is: is it really transhuman at all?
Gary Lachman tells a fascinating story about the transhumanist ideology motivating our techno-cultists and how it might deceive us.
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I think the only way for anyone to stand out these days is to focus all of their time, attention and creativity on really doing dope shit and then sharing said dope shit with the world.
Cole Schafer brings a short meditation on creativity and what it means for us in this post-postmodern world.
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