alexi gunner
@idlegaze
cultural strategist
writes idle gaze; a newsletter exploring the undercurrents of the modern zeitgeist.
founder @ idle gaze consulting
cultural futurist @ RADAR
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In 2004, during the height of the Iraq war, 50 Cent flew into “Camp Anaconda” — a base hit by mortar fire almost daily. The day he arrived, a missile had already struck before he even touched down. On the flight in, a military officer warned him: “Not gonna bullsh*t you... You could die today.” Still, 50 took the stage and opened with “What Up Gangsta” While soldiers fired rounds into the air.
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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
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"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
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