On time this guy told me "I don't like utopias." On it's own it is a pretty interesting comment which leads to some soul searching.
On 3/16/16, justcamel <[email protected]> wrote: > Buddhism is just one path towards the most radical form of > Transhumanism. The most radical way of transcending your Night Elf > "condition" is to realize that you never actually were any particular > Night Elf and that you just assumed control over one for the purpose of > entertainment. > > This is not specific to Buddhism. Anybody can wake up just like anybody > can stop playing World of Warcraft. Buddhism is just a set of tools > which allow you to overcome your addiction to the computer game of > physical reality. > > Imagine you play World of Warcraft and another Night Elf walks by and a > chat bubble appears and the other Night Elf asks "How to stop playing > this game?". What do you tell the other person? "Well, just stop > playing!!!" ... "How?" ... "Well, try standing still ... don't pay > attention to the game world ... don't think about anything game related > ..." ... and voila, you get Buddhism. > > Transhumanism (as discussed on lists like this) will ultimately result > in the same realization as there is no other real "escape". You can > build 100 AGI systems in WoW ... you can switch to a more powerful > avatar to identify with ... you can explore a million distant plants, > etc. ... at the end of the day you'll just close the "game" and move on. > > On 16.03.2016 09:07, Logan Streondj wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi, >> >> So recently there have been several articles which say Buddhism and >> Transhumanism are either unrelated or even opposed to each other, >> so I've made a blog post relating to how they are similar: >> >> http://bit.ly/1RkmdWW or >> https://joylifecoop.wordpress.com/2016/03/13/similarities-between-buddhi >> sm-and-transhumanism/ >> >> I posted it in reddit, but only got some rather vague sutra's in >> response. I also tried to post it to Turing Church, but it hasn't >> (yet) got past moderation. >> >> Anyways please give some feedback if possible. >> >> - -- >> Logan Streondj, >> A dream of Gaia's future. >> http://joyfullifestyle.ca >> >> You can use encrypted email with me, >> how to: https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/ >> key fingerprint: >> BD7E 6E2A E625 6D47 F7ED 30EC 86D8 FC7C FAD7 2729 >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iQIbBAEBAgAGBQJW6RRaAAoJEIbY/Hz61ycpxsAP+LD2eh5QMhVnAWTIKWBPB5k6 >> JNPAMbRTCHy3UTzGXhcq9BaTXtG1UFljcLqv4qquh9VL2HjAJKMdu9n63/xGZEGF >> rIF4/Ml7Gf0d6lK4+RNvZN/aGCwyqipgpwmLoXmCaJn4cxQQffz8zdccvHym8L6K >> 3rHeip44FyJ+DTlhKAE9kLgy8Ygzar5i+4xuLsiJgdnH/sn7tUvqu4Td9fbc7q7Q >> s0o2Z8nmH32IgQrCdl7Jq4Wz8YTT7Ibsygy6+zq1ifKquu1elbdRNXCcdtUnFIRH >> glS0OPbBrYfYN8PD3k5X5M5Y2PDzKWrg4AY3vqqDooyKQhoeGr4SpcAK0JTzF5bE >> S5S3+tUfF3qzQB5V0In4P9tLb7Rno0+1zneW3hq9dqx/NK3NlXE9PQlPZOkO3lfy >> qYKrkL1YopuqdUnfCdLIErCqR/KRp9sOFATOViQ/tgXjJTkFmLk/vD8XOasRQ/dh >> aUA6XVlYt8nYh6z89RrlApSh8/6iSfdSC/i/Eienye2o0HfjX1BrzkMpCERv/MsU >> x4/G0n0YdoMvfFnzPIJxIwmqbIGSeHUMS5yuQjJdMZj+VZZT+MZNhapeY+rwK6W1 >> EyDAxZgL4Xsx8nn2H2blfuyfX64RHxig4QaVmiiVGGNwK0TgVVvDa00VPT/rrUO3 >> 4QOs7iCoGrOAjWYh9r0= >> =Vyy+ >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> AGI >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> RSS Feed: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23508161-fa52c03c >> Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
