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Ah! So it's #transhumanism that this thread is about, primarily.

I've been familiar with the term but not its meaning since I know it's connected with the worst kind of people, like #PeterThiel, and the general #SiliconValley #techbro #elitist "community".

This video on #2001: #ASpaceOdyssey makes the connection for me while also providing what seems to me to be a very good explanation of the ending and #StanleyKubrick's possible intent.

#InorganicEvolution

#link: youtu.be/y94S7YWRCXQ?si=RdWG9H

Tyler Cowan writes about the
#DavidNetwork :

The David Network is for elite college students — grad and undergrad — at Harvard, MIT, Stanford and the rest of the Ivies.  No other schools. 

The group is explicitly #religious (across religions and denominations) and also #right-leaning and explicitly #elitist

Robert George of Princeton has a leadership role in the group.
Here is the thing — there were about five hundred people at the event. 
That shocked me. 

Overall the energy and talent levels in the rooms seemed high.
The group is four years old, and I had never heard of them before, so I am passing this information along

davidnetwork.org/

David NetworkDavid NetworkA network of young social conservatives attending elite institutions.

@ArenaCops @IrwinFletcher0 @therobburgessshow According to scripture, #Jesus said, “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his castle, his property is safe”; “I did not come to bring peace to the earth, but a sword." He actually, in many ways, sounds like a #elitist #capitalist who advocates extreme wealth--& violence in guarding that wealth. I think traditional #tribal societies, which is how we've all lived for 99% of Homosapien existence, is true #socialism.

“While #conservatives believe that there might be a class or caste naturally born to rule, fascists fixate on one particular man and create a cult around this leader as a providential savior figure. And while being #populist, fascism is also #elitist: the fascist movement elevates its members of its own ranks as the best possible representatives of the #nationalist project.” - John Ganz

open.substack.com/pub/johnganz

Unpopular Front · What Makes Fascism Fascist? By John Ganz