Strange; the crisis in the last three years only woke up my faith from its slumber, because I realized that that was my only choice, so might as well make it work. On the other hand, evil is nothing new to me; much of my life I had to face it eye to eye. Well, this time it's becoming overwhelming, but what the heck.
The rest of your message, I believe, expresses my thoughts as well.
Pascalian reductionism is the same as Campbell, I suppose. That was among my first engagements with philosophy. Of course, I am not a philosopher, but being well-read and having processed what one reads is not a bad idea.
As cooperation or centralized opposition is impossible, people must stay in touch and, when the time comes, take their own stands:
1967 in misery in my suburb I bought Barry Sadler's record Ballad of the Green Beret. 😂 At 19 listening to friends and family I went to Ft. Knox to become a tank officer upon college graduation. My drill sergeants were Special Forces vets from Vietnam. At 20 I married and promptly decided the military not for me.
Well antitank weapons had been demonstrated to be quite effective. The objective at 19 was law school at Berkeley on the Army dime. I was quite mercenary. Quite suburban. And my new wife detested the military.
Her older brother was ex-Special Forces. I realized my free will and military discipline could not co-exist. Now I look back and nothing left to do but smile smile smile.😄
you know what, answering this post stieg, I wrote a tome, my computer just swallowed it,.
fuck it, good morning,
humans are already all over bio hacking,,,it's going to be ugly then it's going to be a big breakthrough. Like a VCR,,,real expensive at first, nothing to it fifteen years later, we'll find a shelf full of it at The Goodwill, in the back....
This bleak futuristic tale is a very unusual song, but 1969 was a very unusual year, with hippie anthems like "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" going to #1 along with bubblegum songs like "Sugar, Sugar." The Beatles, Elvis Presley and The Temptations all had classic #1s as well, but one of the top songs was "In the Year 2525," which stayed at #1 for six weeks.
The song reflected the apprehension of the times and also the wonder of technology. It started its run at the top of the US chart the week before the Apollo 11 moon landing.
In the year 2525, if man is still alive
If woman can survive, they may find
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today
In the year 4545
You ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you
In the year 5555
Your arms hangin' limp at your sides
Your legs got nothin' to do
Some machine's doin' that for you
In the year 6565
You won't need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long glass tube
In the year 7510
If God's a coming, He oughta make it by then
Maybe He'll look around Himself and say
Guess it's time for the judgment day
In the year 8510
God is gonna shake His mighty head
He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been
Or tear it down, and start again
In the year 9595
I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing
Now it's been ten thousand years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what, he never knew, now man's reign is through
But through eternal night, the twinkling of starlight
Dognose thanks for reading and thinking. https://www.technocracy.news/flashback-transhumanisms-wail-of-despair-for-immortality/
It was clear for me from the beginning that the only viable alternative for transhumanism is faith.
Strange; the crisis in the last three years only woke up my faith from its slumber, because I realized that that was my only choice, so might as well make it work. On the other hand, evil is nothing new to me; much of my life I had to face it eye to eye. Well, this time it's becoming overwhelming, but what the heck.
The rest of your message, I believe, expresses my thoughts as well.
To me, it started a lot earlier than my first encounter with foxholes:
https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/no-i-am-not-a-religious-nut
Pascalian reductionism is the same as Campbell, I suppose. That was among my first engagements with philosophy. Of course, I am not a philosopher, but being well-read and having processed what one reads is not a bad idea.
As cooperation or centralized opposition is impossible, people must stay in touch and, when the time comes, take their own stands:
https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/the-most-important-thing-anyone-can
1967 in misery in my suburb I bought Barry Sadler's record Ballad of the Green Beret. 😂 At 19 listening to friends and family I went to Ft. Knox to become a tank officer upon college graduation. My drill sergeants were Special Forces vets from Vietnam. At 20 I married and promptly decided the military not for me.
Well antitank weapons had been demonstrated to be quite effective. The objective at 19 was law school at Berkeley on the Army dime. I was quite mercenary. Quite suburban. And my new wife detested the military.
Her older brother was ex-Special Forces. I realized my free will and military discipline could not co-exist. Now I look back and nothing left to do but smile smile smile.😄
you know what, answering this post stieg, I wrote a tome, my computer just swallowed it,.
fuck it, good morning,
humans are already all over bio hacking,,,it's going to be ugly then it's going to be a big breakthrough. Like a VCR,,,real expensive at first, nothing to it fifteen years later, we'll find a shelf full of it at The Goodwill, in the back....
This bleak futuristic tale is a very unusual song, but 1969 was a very unusual year, with hippie anthems like "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" going to #1 along with bubblegum songs like "Sugar, Sugar." The Beatles, Elvis Presley and The Temptations all had classic #1s as well, but one of the top songs was "In the Year 2525," which stayed at #1 for six weeks.
The song reflected the apprehension of the times and also the wonder of technology. It started its run at the top of the US chart the week before the Apollo 11 moon landing.
In the year 2525, if man is still alive
If woman can survive, they may find
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today
In the year 4545
You ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you
In the year 5555
Your arms hangin' limp at your sides
Your legs got nothin' to do
Some machine's doin' that for you
In the year 6565
You won't need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long glass tube
In the year 7510
If God's a coming, He oughta make it by then
Maybe He'll look around Himself and say
Guess it's time for the judgment day
In the year 8510
God is gonna shake His mighty head
He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been
Or tear it down, and start again
In the year 9595
I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing
Now it's been ten thousand years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what, he never knew, now man's reign is through
But through eternal night, the twinkling of starlight
So very far away, maybe it's only yesterday
In the year 2525, if man is still alive
If woman can survive, they may find
Ha! I felt the same way at the beginning but am ok with it now.
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