Wokeism & Our Transhuman Future
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I used to be a transhumanist, the idea of having a robot body was so cool to me. But that was before the internet of things. Now I know, there will be no offline transhumanism. There will only be internet connected transhumanism. If you want a robot body, you will need to connect your brain to an online network that will read your thoughts and brainwash you.
I didn't talk about how far I see this getting or how it might fail, but this is one of its problems. If it takes this form, then your disembodied self would be more inhibited than ever before. Since the biggest push for this comes from oligarchs, there is little reason to think they would leave the rest of us free.
This video describes the dualist, immaterial conception of the self that informs the "woke" interpretation of reality and how it drives them to pursue transhumanism. Although it may sound like a wacky conpiracy theory, it is where this is heading. There is a quote from a book by the wealthy tranny Martine Rothblatt that spells it out. It is a pseudo-religion that views not just social norms but also the physical world itself, even including the human form, as an inhibition upon self-expression.
The video also highlights the convergence of interests between the trashumanists and the globohomo corporations, especially the tech companies, and the philosophical progressions that have given this so much momentumn.
It's not mentioned in the video, but it's evident how this view of the self informs woke language like "black and brown bodies." That may sound dehumanizing at first, but it's consistent with a view of the self that is thrown into the world rather than embedded.