I was surprised to find out that "Techno-Animism" is a thing.
I remember Terence McKenna talking about
how he thought of the search engine as an
oracle. You throw it a bone, it throws
something back.
I'm sure the engine was more psychedelic
back then. Nowadays you have to really
work to find the bones to throw.
So, it was a surprise and then a bit of
a disappointment. I remembered hearing
about the Shinto practices at some point
in the past.
But this wasn't really what I had in mind.
I was thinking about something more like
what Philip K Dick would come up with.
Which reminds me, I should read him.
I am wondering about the following:
1) Religion has been the most effective
propaganda so far (By the way, I don't mean
anything very negative with the word "propaganda")
2) The way the advertisers have taken over
everything doesn't leave them that many places
left to take over and conquer.
1 + 2 = 3
3) The tracking and ads will have to take over
religion somehow.
I have a feeling it will be like the fitness apps
combined with meditation apps, but for religion.
Maybe a statue that projects images. Hell, there
probably is something like this already. Throw
in a bit of shopping tv evangelista and you are
pretty much set.
In my nightmares Hitler is reincarnated at this
point. He almost accomplished the evil masterplan
last time. I think this time he won't even break
a sweat. With the rate people are getting their
DNA tests stored in proprietary databases, rounding
up whichever group of people you want will be
trivial. And as he takes control of the technological
objects of worship and speaks with the tongue of
the league of gods instead of as a person, there
is no stopping him.
What most people don't think about is that
when you log in your own DNA, you are logging in
your parents and children as well.
