260726: Misha on Empowerment
Even if we delegate the fight against Nature to the Machines—even if we live in Abundance—there remain abundant opportunities for disharmony, conflict, and unhappiness. Arguably, most of the West already lives within Abundance. What is needed is a sort of spiritual, internal progress to accompany technological progress.
How can people wake up to their suffering, and become aware of better ways to be?
How can people escape consumerist lifestyles governed by mimetic desire and zero-sum competition? How do you get someone living in a trailerpark to realize they already live in paradise?
What social technology succeeds Christianity? What social technology will emerge to handle the fertility crisis? How can we learn to live in this new and changing world?