tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post4546258730215269258..comments2024-03-11T07:26:04.670-05:00Comments on Posthuman Blues: Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-37790598180039231592007-02-22T23:55:00.000-06:002007-02-22T23:55:00.000-06:00I'm all for progress, but I notice the one thing m...I'm all for progress, but I notice the one thing missing in this prophecy, and so many countless others like it, is the SLIGHTEST interest in how living breathing human beings will actually feel about these developments. But then, I'm not sure the filmaker really cares that much about people. It's all about technology.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303755181174414108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-64074044756468172442007-02-22T09:10:00.000-06:002007-02-22T09:10:00.000-06:00*watches the video*Rampantly hopelessly optimistic...*watches the video*<BR/><BR/>Rampantly hopelessly optimistic is right. You can't have the good shit without fixing the bad shit first.razorsmilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741327069258643030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-85298940003774922842007-02-22T08:51:00.000-06:002007-02-22T08:51:00.000-06:00It is just this perspective that produces what I l...<I>It is just this perspective that produces what I like to call "the mind-brain misidentification fallacy" which consists precisely in believing that the BRAIN is what is "intelligent" in human beings and that by studying subjects such as neurophysiology we can gain a true understanding of intelligence. NOT. </I><BR/><BR/>My God, you're right! I think with my arse ALL THE TIME!<BR/><BR/>Also, my spleen.razorsmilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741327069258643030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-75608145373079790312007-02-21T22:38:00.000-06:002007-02-21T22:38:00.000-06:00Anna--Well, I was never really gone (as originally...Anna--<BR/><BR/>Well, I was never really gone (as originally intended), but I'll take your "welcome back" anyway. And thanks for introducing me to your Tarot site. ("Nancy Druid" -- cute!)Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-43904388214966630932007-02-21T22:34:00.000-06:002007-02-21T22:34:00.000-06:00I couldn't agree more... The idea that all humans ...<I>I couldn't agree more... The idea that all humans will be vanquished from pain by technology is not a new one: utopian visions never live up to their breadth of scope.</I><BR/><BR/>I call it "Singularitarianism." And its the worst thing to happen to futurology in a long time.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-47865983184393700402007-02-21T09:43:00.000-06:002007-02-21T09:43:00.000-06:00Good to see you back, Mac.Good to see you back, Mac.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-88902946991945215182007-02-21T07:01:00.000-06:002007-02-21T07:01:00.000-06:00I couldn't agree more... The idea that all humans ...I couldn't agree more... The idea that all humans will be vanquished from pain by technology is not a new one: utopian visions never live up to their breadth of scope.<BR/><BR/>The way things are going either Western economies collapse, bringing down the global system or war will ravage the planet, probably caused by a fight for resources. In out attempts to project our current situation into the future we are forgetting that the majority of humans on this planet still live in poverty, at the whim of disease and corrupt governments.<BR/><BR/>The abolition of slavery in the West did not see it abolished everywhere else. In fact, some say slavery is more rampant than ever before. Some things only change in our perceptions: reality is a different thing altogether.<BR/><BR/>We Westerners need to take our tech-heads from up our utopian asses before we end up blocking out another generation of the 'developing world' in our shadow.Danieruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16544381941863949761noreply@blogger.com