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misanthrope

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14. Ironically, all they're really perpetuating are their egos
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 06:25 PM
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Last edited Fri Oct 10, 2025, 07:26 PM - Edit history (1)

not their consciousness. Your consciousness is a byproduct of your fully functioning neural system. When that goes, then it is bye-bye.

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Billionaires Endgame [View all] clevergrrrl Friday OP
Yes they have some sort of end game along these lines. Irish_Dem Friday #1
"Why not let the peasants live a bit longer in ignorant bliss?" clevergrrrl Friday #2
Yes of course. They are done sharing THEIR resources. Irish_Dem Friday #16
Just now reading Ed Zitron's latest erronis Friday #17
Jebus. Irish_Dem Friday #19
As many have said, the AI bubble will put the 1929 crash and 2008 subprime mortgage debacle to shame. erronis Friday #20
And not a damn thing we can do about it. Irish_Dem Friday #21
Anybody watch Alien:Earth? JBTaurus83 Friday #3
They have had a lot of practice clevergrrrl Friday #6
As a matter of semantics, if you can download your mind/brain/self/soul into a set of memory banks ... Intractable Friday #4
That's the big debate among the transhumanists clevergrrrl Friday #5
If you were fully aware JBTaurus83 Friday #7
I've always thought it was a ridiculous notion. clevergrrrl Friday #9
They can't even JBTaurus83 Friday #11
Ironically, all they're really perpetuating are their egos misanthrope Friday #14
Not very practical. dickthegrouch Friday #8
Yup, like playing a videogame clevergrrrl Friday #10
Billionaires should fear their souls, they can't control or change it. pwb Friday #12
One caveat misanthrope Friday #13
Ira Levin canetoad Friday #15
As frightening as all that sounded to me when I first read about Yarvin, Thiel, et.al... Marie Marie Friday #18
Is that living? Would we really want to live forever? Why? IcyPeas Friday #22
Seriously róisín_dubh Yesterday #24
Bizarrely, magats conflate transhumanism with transgenderism. TommyT139 Yesterday #23
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