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The world is now disabused of that false sense of universality. Philosophers such as [VY Mudimbe](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/mudimbe-v-y) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, [Walter Mignolo](https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-darker-side-of-western-modernity) or [Enrique Dussel](https://globalsocialtheory.org/thinkers/dussel-enrique/) in Argentina, or [Kojin Karatani](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/arts/kojin-karatani-berggruen-prize.html) in Japan have far more legitimate claims to universality than Habermas and his ilk ever did.

Thanks to Gaza, European Philosophy Has Been Exposed as Ethically Bankrupt

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As such we can extrapolate from the authoritarianism of fascism to the dominionism found in the quest to create artificial life. As 19th century Americans enacted what they believed to be God’s will in seeking conquest over nature, today’s theocratic fascists aim for mastery of the technological sphere and the creation of life in its purest form. Synthesis of artificial life would be the ultimate expression of man’s authoritarianism.

Emily F. Gorcenski

Norman Packard

We’re all operating in a dense fog of mutual reinforcement. Our thoughts are shaped primarily by legacy hardware that evolved to assume that everyone else must be right. But even when the fog is pointed out, we’re no better at navigating through it.

The Overstory

Richard Powers

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