Silicon Valley Techno-Utopianism

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thinking about andreesen makes me too angry to post about the reasons he makes me angry

ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 25 April 2024 14:56 (two weeks ago) link

cmon lets hear it then

lag∞n, Thursday, 25 April 2024 15:11 (two weeks ago) link

egg man bad

ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 25 April 2024 15:32 (two weeks ago) link

It doesn’t take middle school trauma or cultural deprivation or limitation, or an incorrect assumption of superior intelligence to end up a total libertarian asshole. Plenty endure both and are not greedy antisocial economic predators and vampires.

schrodingers cat was always cool (Hunt3r), Thursday, 25 April 2024 15:45 (two weeks ago) link

All, both, whatever

schrodingers cat was always cool (Hunt3r), Thursday, 25 April 2024 15:46 (two weeks ago) link

Worthwhile pod:

https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/218_the_religious_foundations_of_transhumanism_w_meghan_ogieblyn

Paris Marx is joined by Meghan O’Gieblyn to discuss parallels between transhumanism and Christian narratives of resurrection, despite the fact many transhumanists identify as staunch atheists.

Guest

Meghan O’Gieblyn is an advice columnist at Wired and the author of God, Human, Animal, Machine.

Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Thursday, 25 April 2024 16:12 (two weeks ago) link

The Tech Baron Seeking to “Ethnically Cleanse” San Francisco

“What I’m really calling for is something like tech Zionism,” he said, after comparing his movement to those started by the biblical Abraham, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith (founder of Mormonism), Theodor Herzl (“spiritual father” of the state of Israel), and Lee Kuan Yew (former authoritarian ruler of Singapore). Balaji then revealed his shocking ideas for a tech-governed city where citizens loyal to tech companies would form a new political tribe clad in gray t-shirts. “And if you see another Gray on the street…you do the nod,” he said, during a four-hour talk on the Moment of Zen podcast. “You’re a fellow Gray.”

“A huge win would be a Gray Pride Parade with 50,000 Grays,” said Srinivasan. “That would start to say: ‘Whose streets? Our streets!’ You have the AI Flying Spaghetti Monster. You have the Bitcoin parade. You have the drones flying overhead in formation ... You have bubbling genetic experiments on beakers … You have the police at the Gray Pride Parade. They’re flying the Anduril drones…”

Everyone would be welcome at the Gray Pride march—everyone, that is, except the Blues. Srinivasan defines the Blue political tribe as the liberal voters he implies are responsible for the city’s problems. Blues will be banned from the Gray-controlled zones, said Balaji, unlike Republicans (“Reds”).

“Reds should be welcomed there, and people should wear their tribal colors,” said Srinivasan, who compared his color-coded apartheid system to the Bloods vs. Crips gang rivalry. “No Blues should be welcomed there.”

While the Blues would be excluded, they would not be forgotten. Srinivasan imagines public screenings of anti-Blue propaganda films: “In addition to celebrating Gray and celebrating Red, you should have movies shown about Blue abuses … There should be lots of stories about what Blues are doing that is bad.”

Balaji goes on—and on. The Grays will rename city streets after tech figures and erect public monuments to memorialize the alleged horrors of progressive Democratic governance. Corporate logos and signs will fill the skyline to signify Gray dominance of the city. “Ethnically cleanse,” he said at one point, summing up his idea for a city purged of Blues (this, he says, will prevent Blues from ethnically cleansing the Grays first). The idea, he said, is to do to San Francisco what Musk did to Twitter.

mookieproof, Saturday, 27 April 2024 03:36 (two weeks ago) link

Just trying to bring this tweet to life

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale

Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

— Alex Blechman (@AlexBlechman) November 8, 2021

papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 27 April 2024 04:13 (two weeks ago) link

Tbf even other tech barons hate balaji.

𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 27 April 2024 12:33 (two weeks ago) link

he has an amazing brain that should be removed from his skull for study

ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Saturday, 27 April 2024 15:15 (two weeks ago) link

when they’re done they could put it in Andreesen. he’s probably got some spare room in there

ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Saturday, 27 April 2024 15:16 (two weeks ago) link

Paris Marx is joined by Meghan O’Gieblyn to discuss parallels between transhumanism and Christian narratives of resurrection, despite the fact many transhumanists identify as staunch atheists.

Oh hey, that's my friend. Everyone should read her book.

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Saturday, 27 April 2024 15:28 (two weeks ago) link

xp -- he's going to become the double-yolker

mark s, Saturday, 27 April 2024 15:31 (two weeks ago) link

that’s right

ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Saturday, 27 April 2024 18:03 (two weeks ago) link

very perfect for a tech guy to pick gray for his authoritarian color, dont want to get people too riled up over your movement with an actual color

lag∞n, Saturday, 27 April 2024 19:50 (two weeks ago) link

They are both laughable and scary in equal doses.

The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Saturday, 27 April 2024 20:09 (two weeks ago) link

the original greyshirts (be prepared to be dismally unsurprised):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Gentile_National_Socialist_Movement

mark s, Saturday, 27 April 2024 20:11 (two weeks ago) link

These folks loved grey everything too: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy_movement

Elvis Telecom, Monday, 29 April 2024 06:38 (two weeks ago) link

And in The President Vanishes (1934), an organization known as "The Grey Shirts" is part of a conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. president.

Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 29 April 2024 12:40 (two weeks ago) link

Technocracy_movement

> it would be enough that every citizen worked a cycle of four consecutive days, four hours a day, followed by three days off. By "tiling" the days and working hours of seven groups, industry and services could be operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

4 day weeks, 4 hour days...

koogs, Monday, 29 April 2024 15:53 (two weeks ago) link

What a card.. I live on the West Coast, so I 'get it'

An exclusive Capitol Hill forum meant to connect the tech industry with Congress took a bewildering political turn on Wednesday when a key CEO condemned “pagan” anti-Israel protests, suggested the protesters be sent to North Korea and mused about launching drone strikes on his business enemies.

The comments came from Alex Karp of Palantir Technologies, the Peter Thiel-linked firm increasingly at the center of Washington’s defense-tech plans.

“We’re gonna do an exchange program sponsored by Karp,” he said. “A couple months in North Korea, nice-tasting flavored bark. See how you feel about that.”

Asked about Karp’s remarks, which at times caused visible discomfort among some attendees, the organizer said that was part of the point.

“The whole goal of the Hill & Valley Forum is to bridge the cultural gap between Washington and Silicon Valley,” said Helberg, who conducted the on-stage interview with Karp on Wednesday. “So it’s great for both sides to familiarize themselves with a little bit of West Coast humor.”

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 23:35 (one week ago) link

saying the quiet parts out loud seems to be more and more common

I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 23:37 (one week ago) link

I hope Karp dies a slow and painful death

butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Thursday, 2 May 2024 01:29 (one week ago) link


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