I see the goal of our society to be a kind of space-travel: we’re all going to be astronauts. The space ship is modern technology. We all have to work to keep it going, and we’re always integrated into its demands. With the elimination of nature out in space, every last detail of life must be planned and controlled by us. But wait. The purpose of this total control is freedom. Yes, this future society is a unified system whose only goal is individual freedom. We blasted off in the first place in order to be free of the earth. And what is this freedom? The space-walk. Whenever it will not interfere with the functioning of the ship, we all get an equal chance to step out into space, to be free.
At last there are no trees and rocks to get in our way—and no babies either. There are no hills which are hard to climb up. In fact, there is no up or down at all. All directions are equal. And with the aid of our handy back-pack rockets, we are in complete control. We are free to go anywhere we want, in the void.
A lot in this article. Can't do it justice by too brief a comment. Will return when I have more time. In the meantime, Thank you for it. About time someone gives the topic a fair shake and a fair treat.
It does seem there is some contrived chthonic revenge fantasy being played out in mass market America and society is consuming it with sadistic pleasure.
The professor’s call to arms - “respect for nature and limits” - must begin in school, and it is going to be a very long march.
Teachers, are full adherents to this post modern lunacy of “humanity without limits” and they are marinating our children in it. Every young person is taught to look at life through this lens - the prism of power differentials - they are steeped in this dreck.
My conclusion: “power that advances a humanity without limits’ has already won, too late, it’s over, they have the levers of power, they have our children, the die is cast.
Fascinating read. Spot on here: “What the extraction of fossil fuels offered humanity several generations ago – the liberation of humanity from place, from menial tasks, from our experience of the world in its diurnal and annual forms – is today advanced through the technologies of virtual reality, gnostic minds no longer needing the body for communication, a constant stream of titillation and distraction.”
I understand the danger of taking the naïve “neutral” right-liberal stance, as was articulated by Vermeule in “Who Decides?” But this language of “progressive Hierarchy” at the end is a bit opaque to me — anyone able to provide a reference?
I see the goal of our society to be a kind of space-travel: we’re all going to be astronauts. The space ship is modern technology. We all have to work to keep it going, and we’re always integrated into its demands. With the elimination of nature out in space, every last detail of life must be planned and controlled by us. But wait. The purpose of this total control is freedom. Yes, this future society is a unified system whose only goal is individual freedom. We blasted off in the first place in order to be free of the earth. And what is this freedom? The space-walk. Whenever it will not interfere with the functioning of the ship, we all get an equal chance to step out into space, to be free.
At last there are no trees and rocks to get in our way—and no babies either. There are no hills which are hard to climb up. In fact, there is no up or down at all. All directions are equal. And with the aid of our handy back-pack rockets, we are in complete control. We are free to go anywhere we want, in the void.
A lot in this article. Can't do it justice by too brief a comment. Will return when I have more time. In the meantime, Thank you for it. About time someone gives the topic a fair shake and a fair treat.
It does seem there is some contrived chthonic revenge fantasy being played out in mass market America and society is consuming it with sadistic pleasure.
The professor’s call to arms - “respect for nature and limits” - must begin in school, and it is going to be a very long march.
Teachers, are full adherents to this post modern lunacy of “humanity without limits” and they are marinating our children in it. Every young person is taught to look at life through this lens - the prism of power differentials - they are steeped in this dreck.
My conclusion: “power that advances a humanity without limits’ has already won, too late, it’s over, they have the levers of power, they have our children, the die is cast.
Fascinating read. Spot on here: “What the extraction of fossil fuels offered humanity several generations ago – the liberation of humanity from place, from menial tasks, from our experience of the world in its diurnal and annual forms – is today advanced through the technologies of virtual reality, gnostic minds no longer needing the body for communication, a constant stream of titillation and distraction.”
I understand the danger of taking the naïve “neutral” right-liberal stance, as was articulated by Vermeule in “Who Decides?” But this language of “progressive Hierarchy” at the end is a bit opaque to me — anyone able to provide a reference?