The New Dark Ages: Transhumanism and Totalitarianism v Human Flourishing

[@pcbexile1078]

Sir, I just stumbled upon your page and just wanted to say thank you . The parallel economy is up and running. To all of the Pure Bloods reading this I wanna say thank you brothers/sisters for standing with me . We dissidents are not out of the woods and this fight is long from over but people are waking up and once they're awake they don't go back to sleep.

[@alexiphigenia1618]

I recently discovered your channel, and I'm enjoying it so much. I feel like I've lived in an intellectual deprivation tank, and hearing your reflections/insights/commentary - is like drinking out of an abundantly flowing pristine river after having been in the desert for years. Thanks and praise for you!!!

[@michaelmartin8681]

Thanks for taking the trouble to comment. Much appreciated.

[@katiecoollady]

Agreed!

[@TracyMillerStudioGallery]

When my daughter was forced to come home in March of 2020 from her university i said to her, they are going to take our civil liberties from us. This is the start. She thought i was crazy at first but now has come around.

[@kalburgy2114]

You gave her a greater education in two sentences than she could have gotten from the university in four years.

[@TracyMillerStudioGallery]

@@kalburgy2114 thank you🙂

[@ALavin-en1kr]

In terms of the K. Harris interview things get edited all the time in print and in media. Why is it just an issue now with K. Harris?

[@Summalogicae]

@@kalburgy2114 Nonsense, this is just hyperbolic and histrionic.

[@Summalogicae]

SCOTUS has taken away civil liberties. Is that the “they” to which you refer?

[@thomascampbell7407]

"Refused to participate." I believe these words you've spoken may be the most critical for humanity to navigate the society being pressed upon us.

[@Knitalatte520]

Michael, I enjoyed todays presentation, especially your discussing: ‘aims of life are human, to have relationships with other people, to read good books, to talk about what's meaningful, to pursue meaning, to pursue happiness’ Truths that got me thinking about how these pursuits project us upwards towards experiencing Quality of Life as intended. Transhumanism seems to me to be the very opposite. Thank you, I appreciate your taking the time to make such great videos!

[@YukiEhms]

Human beings are full of flaws and, therefore, have always had difficulty creating a truly good, fair and beautiful life. Religions and political systems have tried to guide us towards an ideal society, but they have never succeeded, because our nature seems to be the big problem. Now, with technology and artificial intelligence, we may be able to solve this. Machines can be programmed to be perfect, fair and free from existential dilemmas. They could overcome our flaws and lead us to a future where justice and beauty are guaranteed, without the problems that we humans face. If we think about Plato's philosophy, he believed in an ideal world, where everything was perfect and incorruptible. With the advancement of machines, we could be creating what Plato would call the ideal form of the human being. Artificial intelligence could be this perfect version of ourselves, without errors, without injustices, and without existential crises.

[@panatypical]

Something interesting here too that I'd like to mention. The advertisement that came on in the middle of the video and interrupted it rudely, as these advertisements on KZbin do, was stating that breakfast is not the most important meal of the day. It struck me that it's become a commonplace now that agenda uses advertisement as such a tool....

[@madhusudan]

I think one of the aims of life, too, is to bump, trip, and stumble our way through learning by doing, so therefore complete freedom of action within the limits of non-harm is essential.

[@DaisyChaine]

every raindrop in an hourglass a tear for time in hopes to pass i ponder if this pain will last till death comes to face me

[@ragingchimera8021]

We are in a new dark ages, a very wise observation. Thank you Michael.

[@Iremmember5775]

I dig your vibe dude. Best spent time I’ve used all day.

[@ddod7236]

Always am so thrilled to see a podcast from you!! Wish we were neighbors. Thank you for the treat!!

[@glenholmgren1218]

Loved this. Thank You. Merry Christmas & Fulfilling New Year to you & yours 🙏🏻

[@michaelmartin8681]

@@glenholmgren1218 and to you

[@tensevo]

The aims of life, freedom, creativity, liberty, life, good, true, beautiful versus The aims of the system , control, oppression, death, bad, ugly, lies

[@Loenthall88]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on all this. It's reassuring to hear another sane voice out there. A couple of months ago I facilitated a group discussion on Havel's essay.The Power of the Powerless. I think it should be required reading.

[@shawnosborne8939]

Present 🙋👍 Philip K Dick!!!!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@loralismyth3236]

Thank you! 👍

[@lisabayliss3394]

Thanks for putting these things out clearly Demoralisation of society Parallel life ...

[@mikekivinen]

Thanks for posting this! Whatever else may be going on with any one person affected, it's hard not to see the aggressive, uncritical acceptance and promotion (by government, corporations, and NGOs) of the "trans" movement as the vanguard of transhumanism.

[@kristynsotelo1452]

Well,when you are engineering people, things go wrong.

[@ArmwrestlingJoe]

Blade runner is one of my favorite films I just watched it last week again. PKD imagines of some of the most insane worlds ever but reality really is more strange than science fiction (as cringy as it sounds).

[@losbrooklyn8861]

Check out 12929 silent movie Metropolis it's the OG that started the syfy genre

[@webkahmik]

"If you find this world bad, you should see some of the others." PKD

[@vincentrockel1149]

We are being separated from the power to deal with any problem direct. You must deal with a machine or someone in a call system thousands of miles away. If Americans smart they will demand humanity remain intact. Also the surveillance society is being built. Why do we allow the proliferation of cameras everywhere. Do we really want no privacy?

[@Advanced1234]

They brain wash us into thinking it's for are safety

[@adrianfranco1028]

Hello fellow Dissidents 😊

[@forbearancemp5283]

In Australia we have a dissident called Michael Gray Griffiths. He's a playwright. A Vaclav Havel kind of guy. Long live the romantics!

[@rosemarymccarron3887]

Hello Michael from Ireland ☘️

[@MariaAngelaGrow]

I have been aware of transhumanism since the year 2000.

[@ArmwrestlingJoe]

I see the advancement of technology and the religion of progress and science as completely anti human. The future is dark in my eyes. I’m not sure what I can do to be a force of good and beauty in the world.

[@YukiEhms]

Well, human beings are full of flaws and, therefore, have always had difficulty creating a truly good, fair and beautiful life. Religions and political systems have tried to guide us towards an ideal society, but they have never succeeded, because our nature seems to be the big problem. Now, with technology and artificial intelligence, we may be able to solve this. Machines can be programmed to be perfect, fair and free from existential dilemmas. They could overcome our flaws and lead us to a future where justice and beauty are guaranteed, without the problems that we humans face. If we think about Plato's philosophy, he believed in an ideal world, where everything was perfect and incorruptible. With the advancement of machines, we could be creating what Plato would call the ideal form of the human being. Artificial intelligence could be this perfect version of ourselves, without errors, without injustices, and without existential crises.

[@shari6063]

Here for it!

[@r6cal]

There are 2 sides to this transhumanism the mechanical (Iron and Clay) and the Androgenous side. One part of humanity will be neither, which should give you an idea on the perpetrators. Peace and Happiness to you ALL my Brother's and Sister's 🙏🏽 Praise be to the Most High 🙏🏽

[@shall671]

Thank you!

[@EddyTeetree]

Life maketh but one promise: "I promise ye this single boon; not riches, not comfort, not fame nor brilliance. I promise ye death" (The Pale Horse).

[@AlienBigCat23]

I promise I'll be reborn, so..

[@jeffbush7764]

​@@AlienBigCat23why the hell would you want to be 😂...the goal is to not be

[@AlienBigCat23]

@@jeffbush7764 Your goal, maybe. Explain your idea 💡

[@jeffbush7764]

​@@AlienBigCat23who am I to deter your path

[@AlienBigCat23]

@@jeffbush7764 a Buddhist ☸

[@joshfoley5205]

10 minutes in… instant fan and subscriber 👍🏼. Happy to have stumbled across your work (likely against all odds of the algorithm 😅). Wondering if you’re familiar with a book written by Steve Quayle called Terminated? I think you’d have fun with that one.. lots of potential content there to compare and analyze with your expertise to enlighten your audience I’d have to think. Great stuff anyways! Keep it up. Cheers.

[@michaelmartin8681]

Thanks! Appreciate your comment--and will check into Quayle!

[@dusklvr]

The rich will be fine. The rest of us will be competing for scraps against robots...

[@jenniferperez1944]

I think they’re loosing their soul on medication

[@wendyrussell4191]

That is the seat of consciousness, so through our senses they come for it

[@AdrianHackman]

"The Matrix is a computer-generated dream world built to keep us under control in order to change a human being into this [Morpheus holds up a battery to Neo].”

[@losbrooklyn8861]

Rudolf Steiner mentioned exactly this...well w (vxxx-in-nations)

[@alexandriablack8042]

An officer in a transhumanist party appreciates the critique You gave me a few new ones Mostly, still on the board to settle disputes If we have disputes, how can you paint us with a broad brush? We signed up for utopia, not dystopia But, the money shifted aims

[@panatypical]

Well, if you allow the money to shift your aims, why shouldn't you be painted with a broad brush?

[@alexandriablack8042]

@@panatypical We aren't so unified Some find the money tempting Not everyone Our philosophers and vc crowds differ

[@Sponsor_Block]

one mans utopia is another mans nightmare

[@DHead5150]

Nice work.

[@FantomasXZ7]

I thought you would talk about Mary Shelly's Frankenstein...

[@DevineTV]

🇨🇦 This week, CTV Edited future PM? Interview It’s being investigated. Twi senior editors were fired.

[@JordanB-lc4oi]

Sensoring is at an all-time high.

[@Summalogicae]

I’m not sure you can prove this claim with data, for a number of reasons. Firstly, 24h news cycles and social media make instances of things and states of affairs virtually immediate for our consumption-this yields far more awareness of things, but it also tempts one to conflate awareness with a higher quantity of instances, which does not follow. There are many other reasons that make it highly unlikely that you could accurately determine the quantity of censorship in previous decades and centuries. I mean, more power to you on that project, but I seriously doubt, even with all the conservative book banning and Elon closing leftist accounts, that there is more censorship today than there was, say, in the 1930s, or 40s or 50s. In those decades If you were gay, or atheist, or pagan, or non-white or female in many cases, you couldn’t do even half the things people freely do today such as get jobs or certain kinds of jobs, attend certain kinds of schools, write books, blog, podcast, vlog, serve in the mainstream, etc.

[@danielmaster911ify]

Hey, Transhumanist here. Just thought I'd comment that, well, not everyone experiences life through the same lens. I don't think anyone who wishes to augment their capabilities necessarily wishes to form a hivemind or be commies or whatever. I just want to be better at pretty much everything I can already do. Why? Because I don't have typical values. I don't wish to die or marry or have children. I wish to live forever and goof off in virtual simulations until the stars go out. Perhaps a while longer after that, depending on the viability of black holes for energy, long term. I do think people should have the option to live the standard, traditional life, should they wish. Just don't go trying to tear down everyone else's infrastructure. No attacking the AI servers, please.

[@Wowdude.]

You have your free agency to choose what reality you inhabit... so who is anyone to stop you.

[@danielmaster911ify]

@@Wowdude. Well, time is the biggest barrier. I see a future which looks like nothing that came before. No more working to justify your existence. Exploration, creativity, simulation... but no further death. No more fighting. Unless it's a form of play.

[@TennesseeJed]

Lets go at the end of the shift, we'll go and get pissed.

[@josipmickovic2572]

It's lovely to watch a channel from a farm in Michigan talking about Amish saving the world boycotting the radio while Elon Musk puts chips into brains and China sends rockets to the Moon.. I'm just curious if the Amish 11 children families manage to catch up with the Chinese population and how many hectares will each have for themselves and their horses. It's also great that Mohawk democratically understood that Germans are superior and deserve all the land in Michigan because they have made it on their own

[@JordanB-lc4oi]

I am sure you heard of "Freckles" goat/spider..😂😂😂😂We are being transformed...

[@jenniferperez1944]

Jesus said he’d be back in 2000 years now which is Christ Consciousness heaven on earth

[@aspartamekillsyaknow9019]

Sure, thanks for cracking the code. What would we ever do without you?

[@albionicamerican8806]

Transhumanism just sounds weird now because of the timing, not because of the idea as such. People who live in a technologically competent civilization a few centuries from now are going to call the technology which enables them to live in good shape indefinitely by some banal term like "modern health care," not "transhumanism."

[@marcuscole1994]

But these humans will be genetically modified and not baseline human 😂

[@mannyfragoza9652]

I just subscribed to your channel, but I have a hard time following your explanations of your topics. You're all over the place.

[@michaelmartin8681]

I try to keep things discursive and informal--but your point is well taken

[@mannyfragoza9652]

@@michaelmartin8681 yes i sense that

[@cristinacruz6493]

Commercial every 5 minutes makes it difficult to follow an intellectual discussion. I am unsubscribing. That is why you have so few followers given your knowledge.

[@michaelmartin8681]

I'm sorry about that. I haven't quite figured out how I can fix that from my end, but I'm working on it

[@michaelmartin8681]

@@cristinacruz6493 so I think I figured it out. Let me know if it worked.

[@DaemonZodiac]

"To read good books" u say.... is the bible a good book? Do u know that it is not? Dors th3 bible say reading goid books and having relationships is the point of it all?

[@Summalogicae]

I don’t care what the Bible says, except insofar as it is a historical set of texts; in the same way that I don’t care what Sherlock Holmes says.

[@DaemonZodiac]

@@Summalogicae so u know that the bible is not the word of God. How do u know that, exactly? I am curious to know how u know that. I dont know that.

[@FREEDUMB4ALL]

Great presentation. I myself am a spiritual being having a human experience. I'm just passing through. I'm not here for a long time I'm just here for a good time. 😊

[@aspartamekillsyaknow9019]

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