We lack a common reality, have become incomprehensible to each other and can no longer communicate. Where is the common ground in such an infinitely wide divide? There obviously is none. We always just talk past each other. This can only get worse and is getting worse by the day.
We lack a common reality, have become incomprehensible to each other and can no longer communicate. Where is the common ground in such an infinitely wide divide? There obviously is none. We always just talk past each other. This can only get worse and is getting worse by the day.
Thank you for responding. What is there to say to a party that wants to go along with the Great Reset and hand our sovereignty over to a sinister group of elitist Euros who want to control the entire planet? And what CAN you say to their indoctrinated supporters, who are either unaware or on board with this Agenda? Suggestions?
Good Quillette article about Simon Leys on totalitarianism. This is why I believe only AI can save us. ItтАЩs the wild card in our future which is already upon us.
тАЬOur condition is forever precarious; even basic human decency can shatter and vanish in an instant.тАЭ
Simon Leys is by no means obscureтАФmuch of his work is still in print, and he was the subject of a major biography by Philippe Paquet entitled Simon Leys: Navigator between Worlds. But he deserves greater recognition as an analyst of totalitarianism, not least for the way in which he built upon Czes┼Вaw Mi┼ВoszтАЩs warning: тАЬThe man of the East cannot take Americans seriously because they have never undergone the experiences that teach men how relative their judgments and thinking habits are. Their resultant lack of imagination is appallingтАж If something exists in one place, it will exist everywhere.тАЭ To this, Leys added (in the Los Angeles Times of all places): тАЬThe everyday order of our lives may seem to us natural and permanent, but it is in fact as fragile and illusory as the cardboard props on a theatrical stage: It can collapse in a flash and turn at once into black horror. Our condition is forever precarious; even basic human decency can shatter and vanish in an instant.тАЭ
тАЬHistory does not repeat itself, but ideas do.тАЭ
тАЬMaoism had unique traits but Leys nonetheless always saw it as a member of what he called the тАЬgreat totalitarian familyтАЭтАФideologies produced by patterns of thought found across human societies, from tiny shipwrecked pre-Enlightenment microcosms to vast 20th century nations.тАЭ
тАЬAnalyst of Totalitarianism-Reading Simon Leys Today.тАЭ
Awesome read. Grim, but awesome, nonetheless. Thank you for sharing this. I'm always grateful for people willing to share their relevant knowledge, with those of us who are less informed. The Batavia story was horrific. Regarding politicians or those given any power, surrounded by corruption, I can see how easily they succumb to corruption themselves. It seems it's almost inevitable. How much integrity is needed to resist? Is murder and mayhem very far behind? Given the psychopathy running rampant in our current ruling class, worldwide, we could easily slide into the dark ages.
Some excerpts below from a Quillette review of a book about the irrational side of human nature. The last one says: тАЬOne comes away with the sense that civilization operates on narrow margins and is always on the verge of collapsing into irrationality.тАЭ That sure is the truth. Are we in a тАЬDark AgeтАЭ where reason is in retreat? Certainly does seem so.
тАЬMackay makes the case, often in gory detail, that episodes of collective mania seem to be an inevitable consequence of human nature. Humans in every time and place have cast aside their better judgment and allowed themselves to be caught up in all manner of irrational hoopla.тАЬ
тАЬHis chapters on the Swabian PeasantsтАЩ War and Anabaptist uprisings are terrifying depictions of the end-times frenzy that wreaked havoc on northern Europe throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The distance between these events in the German-speaking world and, say, the Reign of Terror in France or the Chinese Cultural Revolution is not that great. And the speed with which apparently reasonable people moved from the embrace of a new theological idea to a willingness to torture those whose own theological ideas diverged even slightly is startling.тАЬ
тАЬThere is plenty to recommend about The Delusions of Crowds. It is laden with great anecdotes and the writing is always engaging. One comes away with the sense that civilization operates on narrow margins and is always on the verge of collapsing into irrationality.тАЭ
Sorry. I got side-tracked on Quillette. A lot of good stuff there. Now, thanks to you, there are so many books I want to read. The Delusions of Crowds is rather frightening to think about. Will it come to that? The early seasons of The Walking Dead, or Cormac McCarthy's The Road come to mind. Sure, the boy represents the kernel of goodness in us all, but is it enough to triumph? It seems we will be compelled to become the lowest common denominator within us, just to survive.
WeтАЩre not all crazy but enough are to bring us all down. We can no longer afford another collapse into insanity and war. The weapons now are simply too powerful for us to survive it. ThatтАЩs why I say follow AI.
There is no way to reason with them. I believe America has already ceased to exist as a country and is disintegrating. It has already ceased to exist internally which is why itтАЩs so rapidly unraveling externally. Follow AI. This is the only thing powerful enough to alter the path weтАЩre on which is taking us to the abyss.
тАЬThe AI Scientist: Fully Automated Open-Ended Scientific Discovery.тАЭ (13 min)
This makes me sad. Never in my wildest imagination could I believe this would happen in my lifetime. Then again, it is not a fait accompli, and the possibilities are always available for a course correction. AI is for sure frightening. All I needed was to hear that it's creating snuff films and I said let's rethink this whole available to the masses thing. But it's worse in the hands of the mad scientists. What's a woman to do?
ElonтАЩs not a mad scientist and there are other AI researchers like him plus there is the fact that our ruling class and many of our тАЬfellow AmericansтАЭ hate us and want to grind us into the dirt. IтАЩll take my chances with AI any day over the pigs who rule us and their followers.
How do you build compassion and kindness into something that will overtake us and realize it no longer takes orders, but should be giving them? Will it not see us as a threat that needs to be erradicated? I'm near clueless re: AI, so forgive my childish questions. Yes, we wouldn't even get any chances from the psychopaths who are biding their time before they can finally bust out their wheels and racks and Iron Maidens. I need a break. The Wreck of the Batavia looms large. ЁЯТАЁЯТАЁЯТА
тАЬHow do you build compassion and kindness into something that will overtake us and realize it no longer takes orders, but should be giving them? тАЬ
Elon and other AI researchers constantly ask this question. Follow AI and youтАЩll see what they have to say about it. Keep following Sasha and when I see one of your comments IтАЩll post something about AI. For whatever reason most people here have no interest in it which always amazes me since it is the most astonishing event in human history.
Integrated AI: The psychology of modern LLMs (2024). (11 min)
We lack a common reality, have become incomprehensible to each other and can no longer communicate. Where is the common ground in such an infinitely wide divide? There obviously is none. We always just talk past each other. This can only get worse and is getting worse by the day.
Thank you for responding. What is there to say to a party that wants to go along with the Great Reset and hand our sovereignty over to a sinister group of elitist Euros who want to control the entire planet? And what CAN you say to their indoctrinated supporters, who are either unaware or on board with this Agenda? Suggestions?
Good Quillette article about Simon Leys on totalitarianism. This is why I believe only AI can save us. ItтАЩs the wild card in our future which is already upon us.
тАЬOur condition is forever precarious; even basic human decency can shatter and vanish in an instant.тАЭ
Simon Leys is by no means obscureтАФmuch of his work is still in print, and he was the subject of a major biography by Philippe Paquet entitled Simon Leys: Navigator between Worlds. But he deserves greater recognition as an analyst of totalitarianism, not least for the way in which he built upon Czes┼Вaw Mi┼ВoszтАЩs warning: тАЬThe man of the East cannot take Americans seriously because they have never undergone the experiences that teach men how relative their judgments and thinking habits are. Their resultant lack of imagination is appallingтАж If something exists in one place, it will exist everywhere.тАЭ To this, Leys added (in the Los Angeles Times of all places): тАЬThe everyday order of our lives may seem to us natural and permanent, but it is in fact as fragile and illusory as the cardboard props on a theatrical stage: It can collapse in a flash and turn at once into black horror. Our condition is forever precarious; even basic human decency can shatter and vanish in an instant.тАЭ
тАЬHistory does not repeat itself, but ideas do.тАЭ
тАЬMaoism had unique traits but Leys nonetheless always saw it as a member of what he called the тАЬgreat totalitarian familyтАЭтАФideologies produced by patterns of thought found across human societies, from tiny shipwrecked pre-Enlightenment microcosms to vast 20th century nations.тАЭ
тАЬAnalyst of Totalitarianism-Reading Simon Leys Today.тАЭ
Quillette. Sept 28, 2020
https://quillette.com/2020/09/28/analyst-of-totalitarianism-reading-simon-leys-today/
Awesome read. Grim, but awesome, nonetheless. Thank you for sharing this. I'm always grateful for people willing to share their relevant knowledge, with those of us who are less informed. The Batavia story was horrific. Regarding politicians or those given any power, surrounded by corruption, I can see how easily they succumb to corruption themselves. It seems it's almost inevitable. How much integrity is needed to resist? Is murder and mayhem very far behind? Given the psychopathy running rampant in our current ruling class, worldwide, we could easily slide into the dark ages.
тАЬIt seems it's almost inevitable.тАЭ
Some excerpts below from a Quillette review of a book about the irrational side of human nature. The last one says: тАЬOne comes away with the sense that civilization operates on narrow margins and is always on the verge of collapsing into irrationality.тАЭ That sure is the truth. Are we in a тАЬDark AgeтАЭ where reason is in retreat? Certainly does seem so.
тАЬMackay makes the case, often in gory detail, that episodes of collective mania seem to be an inevitable consequence of human nature. Humans in every time and place have cast aside their better judgment and allowed themselves to be caught up in all manner of irrational hoopla.тАЬ
тАЬHis chapters on the Swabian PeasantsтАЩ War and Anabaptist uprisings are terrifying depictions of the end-times frenzy that wreaked havoc on northern Europe throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The distance between these events in the German-speaking world and, say, the Reign of Terror in France or the Chinese Cultural Revolution is not that great. And the speed with which apparently reasonable people moved from the embrace of a new theological idea to a willingness to torture those whose own theological ideas diverged even slightly is startling.тАЬ
тАЬThere is plenty to recommend about The Delusions of Crowds. It is laden with great anecdotes and the writing is always engaging. One comes away with the sense that civilization operates on narrow margins and is always on the verge of collapsing into irrationality.тАЭ
тАЬThe Delusions of Crowds-A Review.тАЭ
Quillette. Feb 8, 2021
https://quillette.com/2021/02/08/the-delusions-of-crowds-a-review/
Sorry. I got side-tracked on Quillette. A lot of good stuff there. Now, thanks to you, there are so many books I want to read. The Delusions of Crowds is rather frightening to think about. Will it come to that? The early seasons of The Walking Dead, or Cormac McCarthy's The Road come to mind. Sure, the boy represents the kernel of goodness in us all, but is it enough to triumph? It seems we will be compelled to become the lowest common denominator within us, just to survive.
WeтАЩre not all crazy but enough are to bring us all down. We can no longer afford another collapse into insanity and war. The weapons now are simply too powerful for us to survive it. ThatтАЩs why I say follow AI.
There is no way to reason with them. I believe America has already ceased to exist as a country and is disintegrating. It has already ceased to exist internally which is why itтАЩs so rapidly unraveling externally. Follow AI. This is the only thing powerful enough to alter the path weтАЩre on which is taking us to the abyss.
тАЬThe AI Scientist: Fully Automated Open-Ended Scientific Discovery.тАЭ (13 min)
Wes Roth. Aug 17, 2024
https://youtu.be/_3o3U5qBPJM?si=jaJSK07vt-S0R4-j
This makes me sad. Never in my wildest imagination could I believe this would happen in my lifetime. Then again, it is not a fait accompli, and the possibilities are always available for a course correction. AI is for sure frightening. All I needed was to hear that it's creating snuff films and I said let's rethink this whole available to the masses thing. But it's worse in the hands of the mad scientists. What's a woman to do?
ElonтАЩs not a mad scientist and there are other AI researchers like him plus there is the fact that our ruling class and many of our тАЬfellow AmericansтАЭ hate us and want to grind us into the dirt. IтАЩll take my chances with AI any day over the pigs who rule us and their followers.
How do you build compassion and kindness into something that will overtake us and realize it no longer takes orders, but should be giving them? Will it not see us as a threat that needs to be erradicated? I'm near clueless re: AI, so forgive my childish questions. Yes, we wouldn't even get any chances from the psychopaths who are biding their time before they can finally bust out their wheels and racks and Iron Maidens. I need a break. The Wreck of the Batavia looms large. ЁЯТАЁЯТАЁЯТА
тАЬHow do you build compassion and kindness into something that will overtake us and realize it no longer takes orders, but should be giving them? тАЬ
Elon and other AI researchers constantly ask this question. Follow AI and youтАЩll see what they have to say about it. Keep following Sasha and when I see one of your comments IтАЩll post something about AI. For whatever reason most people here have no interest in it which always amazes me since it is the most astonishing event in human history.
Integrated AI: The psychology of modern LLMs (2024). (11 min)
Dr Alan Thompson. Jun 17, 2024
https://youtu.be/Ex3qR1TCO2Y?si=w8mYLPyyZ_gZ_Qr1