We live in a society without a future. Fewer people than ever believe in
the lies pushed by corporate and government leaders of eternal growth
and prosperity for all; it can’t be achieved on the basis of our current
social structures. Even as we go to work and engage with our civil
institutions, people increasingly simply do not believe in them.
Apocalypse movies and books are incredibly popular. For instance, the
television show/The Walking Dead/has reached 10 seasons and has two
recent spin-off shows. We have impending climate disaster, stagnant
wages, and the rise of what Marianne Williamson rightly calls “dark
psychic forces,” in the form of movements like QAnon. For many,
modernity has failed. We can keep on our current path, doubling down on
its failures the way Margret Thatcher did with her neoliberal policies,
out of blind faith that we just need to do more. We can put our faith in
liberal democracy, technological innovation, bread and butter labor
struggles, or struggles for representation within the system. Or, we can
look to a different future; one where our current technology and
philosophy merges with the best of the past, to produce a worthwhile
synthesis.
https://cosmonaut.blog/2021/02/14/discovering-the-cybernetic-brain/
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