đź’Spirituality & Philosophy
For the deepest passion of the Western mind has been to reunite with the ground of its being. The driving impulse of the West's masculine consciousness has been its dialectical quest not only to realize itself, to forge its own autonomy, but also, finally, to recover its connection with the whole, to come to terms with the great feminine principle ... See more
In a concise note at the beginning of the book, Critchley describes a fabled world “once upon a time” when “hermit-like” sufferers of an unnamed plague became painfully aware of contagion and withdrew from social life. He thankfully refrains from a ham-fisted thesis about how the Covid era was akin to the apocalyptic plagues of yore and turned us a... See more
Elvia Wilk • The Varieties of Mystical Experience
This reminds me a lot of the recent “Chaos is a Ladder” entry in Not Boring’s Vertical Integrators series. The idea that disruption leads to new paradigms. This also reminds me of Hegel’s concept of sublation. Take a disruption to the status quo, emerge with a new challenger to the paradigm, merge the new with the old and establish a new status quo. This appears to be a steadfast rule applying equally to a spiritual evolution, per this article, or a techno-economic paradigm, or the entire course of history in the world
The Voice of the Scapegoat Series
experimentaltheology.blogspot.com
Our discomfort with this indifference manifests in a predictable pattern: we try to turn AI into a comprehensible villain. In reference to Girard, every society is built, in part, on the ritual of scapegoating, a mechanism by which collective anxieties, rivalries, and fears are projected onto a villain or outcast, thereby restoring temporary order ... See more
Tina He • AI, Heidegger, and Evangelion
One thing that we learn from the fall of man, is that creation rebels. Made in God's image, pulled by the desire to be like God and make our own rules, we are cast out.
And so the question becomes, what happens when we cross the god chasm of future AI models. This is what the film "Her" may have most correct!
It is not us (humans) getting pushed out ... See more
And so the question becomes, what happens when we cross the god chasm of future AI models. This is what the film "Her" may have most correct!
It is not us (humans) getting pushed out ... See more
Reggie James • A tale of two Vaticans (or, OpenAI building an unholy spirit)
Years ago a friend drunkenly said, "the valley is filled with a bunch of guys building companies to replace their moms." And I never forgot that. If you're confused by that statement, might I suggest the classic pitch analogy of "Uber for X". The constant barrage of laundry pickup services, food delivery, snack delivery, taking a typical chore and ... See more