November 23, 2019
Lamarckism, Big Data, Arrogance and the Path to Perdition
While conducting a search for "leaked Google memo" (as one does) I blundered into this video, which is allegedly an internal video that is, allegedly, required viewing among senior management.
As for the provenance, after uploading it to Bitchute, I successfully tracked it down to an article at The Verge which was published 19 months ago, so this is not breaking news, but it is really creepy.
Only eight minutes long, it starts off with a explanation of the sort of proto-evolutionary theories of a Frenchman named Lamarck, the mention of whom, if you are not in a history of science class, is generally a sign that things are about to go terribly pear shaped, because Lamark's theories are better known under the name Lysenkoism.
The video name drops a few other very smart people and at the 4 minute mark the video gets to subtly and then not so subtly creepy until by the end it looks like a manifesto of a supervillian organization or a cult.
It isn't just the business aspect of big data, (which is worrisome enough given the context of how a 3d printer is used here), it's the fact that the ideas put forth and the goals are profoundly anti individualistic and diametrically opposed to free speech.
Anyway.
Watch the whole thing.
But not before bed...because this is high octane nightmare fuel.
As for the provenance, after uploading it to Bitchute, I successfully tracked it down to an article at The Verge which was published 19 months ago, so this is not breaking news, but it is really creepy.
Only eight minutes long, it starts off with a explanation of the sort of proto-evolutionary theories of a Frenchman named Lamarck, the mention of whom, if you are not in a history of science class, is generally a sign that things are about to go terribly pear shaped, because Lamark's theories are better known under the name Lysenkoism.
The video name drops a few other very smart people and at the 4 minute mark the video gets to subtly and then not so subtly creepy until by the end it looks like a manifesto of a supervillian organization or a cult.
It isn't just the business aspect of big data, (which is worrisome enough given the context of how a 3d printer is used here), it's the fact that the ideas put forth and the goals are profoundly anti individualistic and diametrically opposed to free speech.
Anyway.
Watch the whole thing.
But not before bed...because this is high octane nightmare fuel.
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Reminded of some fragments of song lyrics from a bizarre anime long ago that stuck in my head: "You know that they mean to hurt you, and you know that it means so much, but you don't even feel a thing..."
Sans context. But who can doubt what these creeps who salivate over Panopticon mean to do to us? Why do so many people react to a proposal to treat them as slaves or livestock as if it's something cool and exciting?
Sans context. But who can doubt what these creeps who salivate over Panopticon mean to do to us? Why do so many people react to a proposal to treat them as slaves or livestock as if it's something cool and exciting?
Posted by: MadRocketSci at Mon Nov 25 12:29:13 2019 (K+Kza)
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Serial Experiments Lain, I think?
And you know I don't mean to hurt you
But you know that it means so much
And you don't even feel a thing
And you know I don't mean to hurt you
But you know that it means so much
And you don't even feel a thing
Posted by: Rick C at Wed Nov 27 14:58:23 2019 (Iwkd4)
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