[FRIAM] bah!

[Marcus Daniels]

I think it is very likely that there will soon be technologies like `neural lace', artificial intelligence, and biotech that can change the balance of power in fundamental ways.   One might argue it has already happened, and the latest whitelash was just the last gasp of an obsolete part of our civilization.   That works for me.   Let's go.   

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From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Steven A Smith
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] bah!


> Steve writes:
>
> "Who are we becoming?"
>
> In spite of the Steve Bannon's of the world, whatever the hell we want.
>
> Marcus
I have always operated on this tenet myself, but have observed others seeming to fail at that task.  Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" and many other books on propoganda and social manipulation (right down to the fine grain of NLP)  seem to suggest that "whatever the hell we want" 
might be a bit slipperier than I *want* it to be?  Others' failures (as observed through my lens) and my own (younger) self's failure both serve as a cautionary tale for me on this subject.

I think Glen's weigh in (covered in another post to follow) is 
salient.   The "vagueness of self" or more aptly the oxymoron of "(each 
hu)man is an Island"?

- Steve

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