Why Culture Sucks

That’s because first computer culture, then our broader culture, has been colonized by people for whom the only truth is the power of the computer. For them there is no mystery that can’t be solved with computers, eventually. There is nothing to say except that everything will someday be quantifiable and calculable, and that the best course of acti... See more

And it’s not only personality traits we have lost. There are no experiences anymore, no phases or seasons of life, no wonders or mysteries, only clues about what could be wrong with us. Everything that happens can be explained away; nothing is exempt. We can’t accept that we love someone, madly and illogically; no, the enlightened way to think is t... See more