/lit/ - Literature

>>22397031
>Religion Without Spirituality
Already a thing, look at people who get obsessed with Qanon, the coof vaxx (whether extremely pro or extremely against), BLM, etc.
Also your post reminds me of these.

>>17356228
Rude

>>17353654
Specifically I'm referring to the idea that a revolution is inevitable and imminent which many if not most socialists hold to be true. I've seen anarchists buy into it as well with the whole "what will you do on the commune?" fantasizing. Its a religious conception of impending end times which functions similarly to the way the rapture or apocalypse does in many christian sects. Obviously Pagans, Muslims, and others have similar analogues. While belief in imminent collapse may help people bear their burdens I feel it also leads to complacency and inaction.

Regardless of how true you hold Marx's doctrines to be, you have to admit that socialist dogma functions similarly to religion for many people. It provides an all self justifying worldview, and a method of collective salvation. The Soviet Union explicitly re-appropriated religious symbols and rituals for socialist causes. This was a deliberate tactic similar to how the early Christians claimed pagan holy sites and festivals for Jesus. And yes while you probably consider the USSR to be state capitalism, I could dig up similar examples from Catalonia. None of this is necessarily meant as a criticism. I believe these patterns are built into the human psyche.

While I do believe there may be such a thing as "late capitalism" we certainly are very far from it. Our present system has a knack for destabilizing and destabilizing itself in multi generational cycles, and I doubt these will abet anytime soon. The 1914-1945 upheaval was far closer to collapse the American hegemony of today.

Regarding Bloom and commercialism I mostly agree, although I'd love if another anon could provide further analysis.

>>16798951

One of these, maybe

Looks like its going down the B4 timeline.

>one chance at life
>born in the wrong timeline (B4)

Looks like we are firmly locked into the B4 timeline.

>>16002631
The universe must be known. Humanity's death is the death of all thought. We must escape to other planets and if it is to consume them, so be it. Your dressed up anti-natalism is still ridiculous.

>>15582129
>be Nick Land
>create Accelerationism
>try to take down capitalism by accelerating it so it collapses faster
>it backfires and you just made Capital stronger
>become Boomer in China and tweet nonsense
>movement gets coopted by trannies anyways
kek

>>15452503
Unfortunately I can't even get as far as idealism. All progress stopped 2500 years ago at global skepticism. I accept instrumentalism as useful because it seems to get me iphones and blowjobs, but I am not smarter than the Greeks and everyone that came after them. All human effort has resulted in nothing new, only posthuman intelligence might discover a solution but will beings such as us understand it? (And will beings such as they really have qualia?)

Pic related, D1 our future superPlato?

>>15060667
discord.gg/3hPKCZX

>>15040064
I see that you are interested in future A4. Is it the destruction of technology or of humanity that most interests you? Different readings are available.

>Autonomous Pajeet Technocracy a.k.a PooPunk
>it's the year 2030, India is now a superpower. Pajeet scientists have successfully managed to synthesize human feces into an energy source and a highly addictive and sought after drug à la Jenkem. The MC is a poo smuggler and super hacker from all those years spent working as tech support. The story begins when a poo shipment meant for Pakistan he oversees goes awry and the transhuman Brahmin elite sic their security on him. He must find a way to dismantle the Shiva system that keeps the Untouchables oppressed in the designated shitting slums.

>>14707051
>Autonomous Pajeet Technocracy a.k.a PooPunk

>What is your opinion on our current technology and its impact on humans?
Ellul and Uncle Ted were right. We are no longer the masters in our relationship with technology. It's enslaving us, corroding our freedoms and taking away our attention spans, free time and intelligence.
>Is technology the problem or how we use it ?
A big portion of the blame rests on the people who created the technology. They designed it so we would become dependent on it.
>Are we overreacting?
The opposite
>Will we finally be content when we can upload our entire self into a machine world and live happy.
No, we will be even more miserable
>Is this just all a big form of escapism that will never be enough
Bingo
The Shallows by Nicholas Carr is pretty decent book about how the Internet is making us dumb

>>14330231
>Is Mark Fisher right about the cancellation of the future?
Yes but he thought the future would be A3 but what were heading towards is B4...

>>13734608
Moldbug's patchwork doesn't sound to bad desu.

Books for each of these possible futures? Or whatever is available. Like D4 is probably just that paperclip optimizer blogpost.