techno-spiritualism
"The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology."
— Renowned sociobiologist Dr. E. O. Wilson
Center for Humane Technology • CHT Welcome 2 of 3: The 6 Tenets of Humane Technology
Technologists are obsessed with reaching god (lower case g) AS technology
Instead reaching God (upper case G) THROUGH technology
Instead reaching God (upper case G) THROUGH technology
Reggie James • My Hereticon Talk - Spiritual Technology
Priests and monks blessing server rooms and sprinkling holy water on computer systems as a way to prevent them from ever shutting down
instagram.com
OH (from an awesome Lyft driver): “Today has been great. I’ve been blessed by the algorithm.”
Immediately had an eerie feeling that this could become an increasingly common way to describe a day.
a bolder techno-religion seeks to sever the humanist umbilical cord altogether. It foresees a world that does not revolve around the desires and experiences of any humanlike beings. What might replace desires and experiences as the source of all meaning and authority? As of 2016, there is one candidate sitting in history’s reception room waiting fo
... See moreYuval Noah Harari • Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
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