ANTI TECH TALK

“ Imagine a society that subjects people to conditions that make them terribly unhappy then gives them the drugs to take away their unhappiness. Science fiction It is already happening to some extent in our own society. Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed modern society gives them antidepressant drugs. In effect antidepressants are a means of modifying an individual's internal state in such…

This is the first part. Tomorrow I will explain why the system cannot overcome its flaws and will inevitably collapse.

He then says that, however, "we should acknowledge that there are many perils with the scientific and technological trajectory on which we find ourselves" but believes that the alternative to technological acceleration is ethically and politically negative.…

The future will look very different from the past[...]There is continuity with Genesis, but to Eden there will be no returning. We do not need the Bible to know that such a return is not possible. This planet could sustain 10 million people with a comfortable…

The future will look very different from the past[...]There is continuity with Genesis, but to Eden there will be no returning. We do not need the Bible to know that such a return is not possible. This planet could sustain 10 million people with a comfortable pastoral or agrarian existence in Neolithic times. By contrast, the necessary precondition for the planetary civilization of 10 billion people that will be…

I probably will make more detailed digestion of his ideas soon. There is a lot to be said.

"Against Edenism" is an essay by Peter Thiel in which he suggests that the return to "Eden" (pre-industrial way of life in general) is impossible or at least unfavorable, because it will create a situation with "loser-winer" scenario. Thiel explains that the…

"Against Edenism" is an essay by Peter Thiel in which he suggests that the return to "Eden" (pre-industrial way of life in general) is impossible or at least unfavorable, because it will create a situation with "loser-winer" scenario. Thiel explains that the conditions that modern society created, particularly overpopulation, will be disastrous for humanity if an attempt to return to "Eden" is made. He however…

" Struggles for social justice (such as anti-racism and multiculturalism, in this case) serve as an escape valve to defuse the social and psychological tension that the unnatural living conditions in technoindustrial society generate on people, offering them ways to vent their rebellious impulses and hostility that are harmless or even beneficial to the technoindustrial system (pseudo-rebellion). In this way, the…