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RE: Technological Humanism with Dan Hon
One of the best Medium articles I've read in a while.. we do need to rethink our 'gods'.
"By gods, I mean the laws, thinking, aphorisms and habits that we as technologists assume to be true and that appear to guide development of technology."
Fire gave us technology which catapulted us into the techno-state. It's up to us to decide which road we take.
Yeah, I just did a book club tonight on futurist trends for NC's economy in 2050, which were all essentially, "Whatever's happening now? More of that." Totally linear thinking, as though inertia is the only relevant factor. What about societal choice? What about Black Swan events that force us to re-evaluate those choices? The sequel to Stand on Zanzibar is called The Sheep Look Up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheep_Look_Up
I haven't read that one yet.