Poll: What sort of species should we aim to evolve into through this period of Great Weirding and arrival into the anthropocene?
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Replying to @vgr
whatever the appropriate label is for the trans-humanism where we develop informational immune systems. I think that involves elements of robo/cyborg transhumanism, and biohacked transhumanism, and also some kind of new program of mental and spiritual training.
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Replying to @danlistensto @vgr
I don't think we'll survive the transition to the internet era without this. we're like terminal AIDS patients at the moment.
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Replying to @danlistensto @vgr
What if "ideologies" *are* the "informational immune systems"? In that, an ideology is mostly resistant to new information, allowing the bearer to protect themselves from the pain of being wrong... (excerpt from Peterson, 2009)pic.twitter.com/oUB1Gy1JP9
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Replying to @simpolism @vgr
an ideology is a virulent pathogen. that is also emits counter-agents to keep out competing pathogens is just a sign of how virulent it really is.
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an immune system would prevent individuals from becoming ideologically possessed
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Replying to @danlistensto @simpolism
I think I agree with
@simpolism here. An immune system is a boundary enforcing gatekeeper that can be both good and bad (as in autoimmune diseases, organ transplant rejection). The map to ideologies is close. In fact, I'm playing with this analogy myself.1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes -
Replying to @vgr @simpolism
an ideology would be an artificial facsimile of an immune system. it has no concept of the individual. only has hosts. it's not maintaining a self/other boundary w.r.t the individual. it's maintaining it w.r.t other ideologies.
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in the pathogen analogy this is like bacteria emitting cytotoxins that kill competing bacteria so it has sole access to the food supply.
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