David Gerard@awful.systemsM to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 years 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-square17fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-square200fifty@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years ago“We can transcend the limitations of our physical bodies via technology! Wait, no, not like that!”
minus-squaresc_griffith@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoobliterating all the rules of physical existence EXCEPT the ones that help maintain hierarchies they like
minus-squarekorydg@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoI have seen the same take rolled out for transgender people as well.
minus-square200fifty@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years 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