Category: Elon Musk, Neuralink

Elon Musk to advise Trump government on the future of warfare.

Musk will lead a Pentagon study alongside Palmer Luckey, the 34-year-old co-founder of defense technology company Anduril Industries, and Newt Gingrich, the 83-year-old Republican former House speaker AFP – Tech billionaire Elon Musk will make a return to officially advising US President Donald Trump’s government by co-leading what the Pentagon called a study on the… Read More Elon Musk to advise Trump government on the future of warfare.

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Aldous Huxley on an Emerging ‘Scientific’ Dictatorship…

Aldous Huxley on the Technocratic  Dictatorship seeking to be born. “…democracies will change their nature; the quaint old forms—elections, parliaments, Supreme Courts and all the rest—will remain. The underlying substance will be a new kind of totalitarianism. All the traditional names, all the hallowed slogans will remain exactly what they were in the good old… Read More Aldous Huxley on an Emerging ‘Scientific’ Dictatorship…

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Closer to Midnight? The Signs and Wonders of Elon Musk.

+ Kissinger’s final warning and the Antichristic: “Prepare now for ‘superhuman’ people to control Earth…Kissinger’s co-authors, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and longtime Microsoft senior executive Craig Mundie’s bracing message, warning that AI tools have already started outpacing human capabilities so people might need to consider biologically engineering themselves to ensure they are not rendered… Read More Closer to Midnight? The Signs and Wonders of Elon Musk.

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X

Whenever I spend more than 10 minutes on X I feel like I need a bath. The first line in the song here is all Dylan. The rest reminds me of X, all the derision which many can relate to. Pogo. There’s little real conversation going on at Elon’s X; mostly the gotcha Flypaper is… Read More X

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Revisiting Jacques Ellul’s The Technological Society

“As insightful and wise today as it was when originally published in 1954, Jacques Ellul’s The Technological Society has become a classic in its field, laying the groundwork for all other studies of technology and society that have followed. Ellul offers a penetrating analysis of our technological civilization, showing how technology—which began innocuously enough as a servant of… Read More Revisiting Jacques Ellul’s The Technological Society

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Pardon the Language and Write This Down

Steve Bannon to the NYTs Ross Douthat: on the seriousness of Technofeudalism Technofeudalism refers to a new economic system dominated by Big Tech, where data replaces traditional capital as the primary resource of power and profit. Proponents argue that modern capitalists no longer prioritize reinvesting in productivity or innovation. Instead, they create monopolistic platforms that extract… Read More Pardon the Language and Write This Down

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‘X’ Blocks Catholic Critique Article linking to Jesus’ Saving Deeds.

‘X has blocked a Catholic Critique article linking to an essay about Jesus as miracle worker. The warning was placed over the essay (see below) requiring any who would not turn back to press a special button on the obstacle. And while the brief piece does lightly criticize “strident empiricists,” and those prejudiced against the… Read More ‘X’ Blocks Catholic Critique Article linking to Jesus’ Saving Deeds.

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Chesterton: “Rich men are not very likely to be morally trustworthy”

“The poor man is one who wants more, not one who is content with what he has“— Epictetus, Stoic philosopher. I didn’t say the following, Chesterton did: “Only the Christian Church can offer any rational objection to a complete confidence in the rich. For she has maintained from the beginning that the danger was not… Read More Chesterton: “Rich men are not very likely to be morally trustworthy”

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Eschatological Anxieties. Robotics “could lead to humanoid robots outnumbering people” — Musk.

From Killer Drones to Robotaxis, Sci-Fi Dreams Are Coming to Life. The world is on fire, and that’s giving some of the richest men the audacity of hope. Hope that their billions, brains and brashness can usher in a new world filled with robot cars, killer drones and solar power. In other words: hard tech. These sci-fi dreams—made popular by… Read More Eschatological Anxieties. Robotics “could lead to humanoid robots outnumbering people” — Musk.

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The Successful, Proud, and Conflicted Traditionalist

You may be a traditional Catholic with ten beautiful home-schooled children who are each proficient in academics and in the arts. You may contribute substantially to both your church’s financial soundness and, to all appearances, to her reputation for spiritual integrity and growth . You may work hard, have a secure financial portfolio of stocks,… Read More The Successful, Proud, and Conflicted Traditionalist

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Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno – Authoritarian Ideas. [Opinion].

Who or What is Preparing to Take Over After Donald Trump? Courtesy, The New Republic | Photo NY Times. Top. | July 22, 2024 | Opinion. Yes, Peter Thiel was the senator’s benefactor. But they’re both inspired by an obscure software developer who has some truly frightening thoughts about reordering society. In 2008, a software… Read More Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno – Authoritarian Ideas. [Opinion].

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Former Presidential Candidate Ron Paul: Trump Plan for Gaza Could End Up Our Vietnam.

Sitting next to a beaming Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump announced that the US would be clearing all Palestinians off their land in Gaza, that US troops would move in, and that the US would rebuild it for Israelis to take over once finished. This is making America great again? Also today: the… Read More Former Presidential Candidate Ron Paul: Trump Plan for Gaza Could End Up Our Vietnam.

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Occult “Science” seeking single parent conception

Engineering something like a new human race appears underway as science and medicine morph into the Unknown. Single Parent Conception: One person could provide both elements. Daily Star: “Silicon Valley chiefs are ploughing cash into the science and it could be available within two years, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority board heard last week.… Read More Occult “Science” seeking single parent conception

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Ebenezer Elon?

Elon’s hoarding? “I was wondering……Where are all the Elon Musk cancer centers?Where are all the Elon Musk hospital wings?Where are all the Elon Musk food banks?Where are all the Elon Muskeducational grants & scholarships?What disease eradication effortsdoes Elon Musk support?How does Elon Musk use his vastwealth to help eradicate poverty?How does Elon Musk use his… Read More Ebenezer Elon?

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Not to Worry, Positivist Elon Musk Will Save Us

…and all of human civilization  —-from inevitable mass extinction events through his eventual self-sustaining multi-planetary space outposts, first on Mars, beginning (if all goes well) in approximately two years, and then from much farther outposts ‘out there’ in space over time. For the first time, Musk says, in the Earth’s approximately 4 & 1/2 billion… Read More Not to Worry, Positivist Elon Musk Will Save Us

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Are Critical Trump Appointees Guaranteed to be Sober Enough For the Job?

I don’t like Woke MSNBC in the least and its Leftist attack dog Lawrence O’Donnell in particular. But in this instance, with the exception of Tulsi Gabbard, he may be raising reasonable questions. …[He] “discusses the people Donald Trump wants to serve in his administration; they include Elon Musk, who The New York Times reports… Read More Are Critical Trump Appointees Guaranteed to be Sober Enough For the Job?

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Musk Outranks Trump & Congress in Views on X By Orders of Magnitude

Makes one wonder what his post-Trump plans will be.  “Musk’s posts on X have received a total of 133 billion views since July, data analysis by The Washington Post shows. That’s 15 times Trump’s audience in the same period —- and more than 16 times the combined reach of all accounts belonging to members of… Read More Musk Outranks Trump & Congress in Views on X By Orders of Magnitude

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Is Brain-chipper Elon Musk the New Global George Soros?

MAGA’s war within over Internationalist Elon Musks very long range business self-serving —and plan to internationalise Tesla / Space X work force. Elon Musk’s Influence: From Boardrooms to Ballot Boxes | Vantage with Palki Sharma. And Is Elon Betraying MAGA over importing tech workers? Elon Musk isn’t just revolutionising technology — he’s reshaping global politics.… Read More Is Brain-chipper Elon Musk the New Global George Soros?

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Mike Pence Says RFK Jr. Would Be “Most Pro-abortion HHS Secretary in History”

Updated. Washington Post / NYT.  “If confirmed, Kennedy “would be the most pro-abortion Republican appointed secretary of HHS in modern history….” former Trump Vice President Mike Pence said Friday. “Kennedy sent mixed signals on his abortion beliefs during his White House run. He suggested in May that he supported no government restrictions on abortion but later walked it… Read More Mike Pence Says RFK Jr. Would Be “Most Pro-abortion HHS Secretary in History”

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The Most Remarkable Political Comeback in American History

MARK ANTONIO WRIGHT November 6, 2024 7:11 AM The 2024 election will be discussed from a million angles. In the days and weeks ahead, the knives will come out in the ranks of the losers. Post-mortems will be written, and the arguments will be fought out over what could have been different or which strategies should have been tried.… Read More The Most Remarkable Political Comeback in American History

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The Dark Technological Grid Blanketing the Heavens and the Earth

Technology, being neutral in itself, can be used for good or evil. But with the development of the Atomic Bomb near the end of WWII and the proliferation and spread of all subsequent weapons of mass destruction, human kind entered a new phase of evil.+ Today additional technological advances, including total surveillance grids, appear more than… Read More The Dark Technological Grid Blanketing the Heavens and the Earth

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