Alternatively, I've seen a lot of commentary comparing transhumanism to gnosticism -- is this fair to say?
Here is one example: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/us/24bcstevens.html <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/us/24bcstevens.html?_r=0> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Mike Archbold <[email protected]> wrote: > On time this guy told me "I don't like utopias." On it's own it is a > pretty interesting comment which leads to some soul searching. > > On 3/16/16, justcamel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Buddhism is just one path towards the most radical form of > > Transhumanism. The most radical way of transcending your Night Elf > > "condition" is to realize that you never actually were any particular > > Night Elf and that you just assumed control over one for the purpose of > > entertainment. > > > > This is not specific to Buddhism. Anybody can wake up just like anybody > > can stop playing World of Warcraft. Buddhism is just a set of tools > > which allow you to overcome your addiction to the computer game of > > physical reality. > > > > Imagine you play World of Warcraft and another Night Elf walks by and a > > chat bubble appears and the other Night Elf asks "How to stop playing > > this game?". What do you tell the other person? "Well, just stop > > playing!!!" ... "How?" ... "Well, try standing still ... don't pay > > attention to the game world ... don't think about anything game related > > ..." ... and voila, you get Buddhism. > > > > Transhumanism (as discussed on lists like this) will ultimately result > > in the same realization as there is no other real "escape". You can > > build 100 AGI systems in WoW ... you can switch to a more powerful > > avatar to identify with ... you can explore a million distant plants, > > etc. ... at the end of the day you'll just close the "game" and move on. > > > > On 16.03.2016 09:07, Logan Streondj wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> So recently there have been several articles which say Buddhism and > >> Transhumanism are either unrelated or even opposed to each other, > >> so I've made a blog post relating to how they are similar: > >> > >> http://bit.ly/1RkmdWW or > >> > https://joylifecoop.wordpress.com/2016/03/13/similarities-between-buddhi > >> sm-and-transhumanism/ > >> > >> I posted it in reddit, but only got some rather vague sutra's in > >> response. I also tried to post it to Turing Church, but it hasn't > >> (yet) got past moderation. > >> > >> Anyways please give some feedback if possible. > >> > >> - -- > >> Logan Streondj, > >> A dream of Gaia's future. > >> http://joyfullifestyle.ca > >> > >> You can use encrypted email with me, > >> how to: https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/ > >> key fingerprint: > >> BD7E 6E2A E625 6D47 F7ED 30EC 86D8 FC7C FAD7 2729 > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) > >> > >> iQIbBAEBAgAGBQJW6RRaAAoJEIbY/Hz61ycpxsAP+LD2eh5QMhVnAWTIKWBPB5k6 > >> JNPAMbRTCHy3UTzGXhcq9BaTXtG1UFljcLqv4qquh9VL2HjAJKMdu9n63/xGZEGF > >> rIF4/Ml7Gf0d6lK4+RNvZN/aGCwyqipgpwmLoXmCaJn4cxQQffz8zdccvHym8L6K > >> 3rHeip44FyJ+DTlhKAE9kLgy8Ygzar5i+4xuLsiJgdnH/sn7tUvqu4Td9fbc7q7Q > >> s0o2Z8nmH32IgQrCdl7Jq4Wz8YTT7Ibsygy6+zq1ifKquu1elbdRNXCcdtUnFIRH > >> glS0OPbBrYfYN8PD3k5X5M5Y2PDzKWrg4AY3vqqDooyKQhoeGr4SpcAK0JTzF5bE > >> S5S3+tUfF3qzQB5V0In4P9tLb7Rno0+1zneW3hq9dqx/NK3NlXE9PQlPZOkO3lfy > >> qYKrkL1YopuqdUnfCdLIErCqR/KRp9sOFATOViQ/tgXjJTkFmLk/vD8XOasRQ/dh > >> aUA6XVlYt8nYh6z89RrlApSh8/6iSfdSC/i/Eienye2o0HfjX1BrzkMpCERv/MsU > >> x4/G0n0YdoMvfFnzPIJxIwmqbIGSeHUMS5yuQjJdMZj+VZZT+MZNhapeY+rwK6W1 > >> EyDAxZgL4Xsx8nn2H2blfuyfX64RHxig4QaVmiiVGGNwK0TgVVvDa00VPT/rrUO3 > >> 4QOs7iCoGrOAjWYh9r0= > >> =Vyy+ > >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------- > >> AGI > >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > >> RSS Feed: > >> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23508161-fa52c03c > >> Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > AGI > > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > > RSS Feed: > https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > > Modify Your Subscription: > > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/27989101-f4db9ce9 > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
