Existential struggles in the face of the AI revolution

To facilitate the concentration of power, a lot is being done very carelessly, with the eyes locked onto utopian promises, washing over real concerns and a lot of what is valuable and meaningful in life

I think creating art for its own sake, whatever level one is at, is straight-up good for humans, just like exercise, meditation, yoga, reading, and so on.

How Elon did not invent them and why they’re not going to save us

Or is a misleading title giving us an all too easy target?

How we rationalize our way out of actually solving problems causing climate change

In the mechanistic, industrial approach to agriculture, organisms are interpreted as machines.

Who will own your upload? And how well does all this fit with tech giant business models?

On the religious nature of (some) popular sci-fi entertainment.

Something has been bothering me for a while. It bothers me every time I hear someone, futurist, techno-geek, transhumanist, philosopher, etc. fantasize about living forever through the uploading of consciousness.