One common thread with these guys is how they invert everything.
Tolkien, Christianity, Plato, Rene Girard, etc — they twist everything to have a reverse meaning that serves their interests.
They hijack powerful ideas or moral symbols and use them as weapons.
Tolkien, Christianity, Plato, Rene Girard, etc — they twist everything to have a reverse meaning that serves their interests.
They hijack powerful ideas or moral symbols and use them as weapons.
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Gil Durán
"Blessed are the peacemakers," said Jesus Christ.
Doesn’t quite align with "I'm literally an arms dealer."
Selling weapons while preaching heaven on Earth? That's not faith. It's branding, or worse.
Keep an eye on Silicon Valley's weird religious shift.
www.wired.com/story/christ...
Doesn’t quite align with "I'm literally an arms dealer."
Selling weapons while preaching heaven on Earth? That's not faith. It's branding, or worse.
Keep an eye on Silicon Valley's weird religious shift.
www.wired.com/story/christ...
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I feel an essay coming on
I'll throw in Dune, Starship troopers, Philip K. Dick... This is a very long list.
I suppose this all figures. Take a bunch of Silicon Valley types doing AI research who fell for Roko's Basilisk, remind them that it's nothing but Pascal's Wager with extra steps and suddenly they've got religion. Never mind that it can't actually alter their behavior, that's too […]
(repost due to typo in first post - arrrrggghhh)