David Gerard@awful.systemsM to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agoGood Guy Orange Site refuses to believe rationalists/EAs can be as bad as we're describing and is sure we're just exaggeratingnews.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkGood Guy Orange Site refuses to believe rationalists/EAs can be as bad as we're describing and is sure we're just exaggeratingnews.ycombinator.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-square200fifty@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year ago“We can transcend the limitations of our physical bodies via technology! Wait, no, not like that!”
minus-squaresc_griffith@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoobliterating all the rules of physical existence EXCEPT the ones that help maintain hierarchies they like
minus-squarekorydg@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI have seen the same take rolled out for transgender people as well.
minus-square200fifty@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoit’s a shame, because gender transition stuff is probably one of the most successful “human biohacking” type things in common use today, and it’s also just… really cool. alas, bigotry
“We can transcend the limitations of our physical bodies via technology! Wait, no, not like that!”
obliterating all the rules of physical existence EXCEPT the ones that help maintain hierarchies they like
I have seen the same take rolled out for transgender people as well.
it’s a shame, because gender transition stuff is probably one of the most successful “human biohacking” type things in common use today, and it’s also just… really cool. alas, bigotry