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  • Anarchism/Buddhism

    Post-modernism was very iconoclastic. It loved the Matrix as it shouted how reality is dead. In the wake of postmodernism, those who were swayed by it are left looking for meaning in an absurd reality. The best places to find direction in the aftermath of an existential crisis are anarchism and Buddhism, IMO. Both can be engaged with completely solo (negating potential abuse from power structures), both teach and encourage thinking for yourself, both encourage empathy, both are science-supported… the list goes on.

    Anarchism is a political system for a world without rulers. Buddhism is a religious system for a world without suffering. These two are deeply compatible.

    And neither expects you to read David Foster Wallace again









  • Well, if we’re estranged from the products of our own labor, as Marx argues, then we are estranged from the products of everyone else’s. Including intellectual labor. It has become increasingly difficult for the majority of the population to maintain good literacy rates, for instance. When youre alienated from everything you see and consume, it’s not easy to feel attached to the systems which got you here, leading to radicalism, for good or ill.

    Why would I want AI to regurgitate the ideas that already exist? I can just read them. I want power over my life, my work, my government. Are any of these Silicon Valley tools going to give that to me? Unlikely.