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A batch of the best highlights from what Tristan's read, .
There's no reason to think humans won't believe that we obey the dictates of our AI god voluntarily, nor even that we will be aware that we are obeying. After all, we haven't been aware that we've been building it. It may well be that the operating protocol for a xenogenic superintelligence most compliant with indomitable thermodynamic law is one in which subjective human agency is preserved, even maximized; wherein participation in the acceleration of technocapital feels like communion with God, an uplink to the Leviathan subjectivity astride a mass of subordinate subjectivities.
KALI/ACC Basilisk: A Survival Horror Eschatology
Nick Land,
When two things are held in mind at the same time, they start to connect with each other. That’s one reason why talking about hard things with someone who’s supportive can be so healing:
Buddha's Brain
Rick Hanson
If everyone were to follow Diogenes’ example society would collapse, making it economically impossible for anyone – including Diogenes – to concentrate on the mastery of the self. Therefore Diogenes’ philosophy is elitist – it cannot be universally followed.
Philosophy 100 Essential Thinkers
Philip Stokes
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