tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post4064677132651070064..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Richard Jones on My Critique of Transhumanist/Singularitarian FuturismsDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-54207405363401100922015-04-08T06:03:41.018-07:002015-04-08T06:03:41.018-07:00> I just think he likes to strike a balance of ...> I just think he likes to strike a balance of cheer with his denunciations<br />> and has more patience than I do with coddling readily alienated<br />> potential allies prone to defensiveness about their complicity in<br />> any too sweeping a critique of the status quo the amplification of<br />> which is so much of what passes for "The Future" of the futurologists.<br /><br />Oh dear. There seems to be a lot of that going on.<br />http://www.salon.com/2015/04/08/robert_reich_the_rich_have_bought_americas_silence_partner/<br />jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-56038341336203052862015-04-08T05:19:30.690-07:002015-04-08T05:19:30.690-07:00> One could argue that tranhumanism/singularita...> One could argue that tranhumanism/singularitarianism constitutes<br />> the state religion of Californian techno-neoliberalism, and like<br />> all state religions its purpose is to justify the power of the<br />> incumbents.<br /><br />At least for some of its adherents, at least in their public<br />pronouncements, transhumanism is the apotheosis of the trickle-down theory of<br />economics.jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.com