Yes, I’ll admit that he expresses some ambivalence about it, but he
is still way too sanguine on the prospect of a global
Panopticon that would make the IngSoc people cream themselves.
Frankly these people would be the best argument for neo-Luddism–if,
well, their statements about technological progress were even remotely
credible.
It’s upsetting that someone with supposed philosophical expertise in
existential risk theoretically would downplay actual existential risks
like climate change and nuclear war.
Yes, I’ll admit that he expresses some ambivalence about it, but he is still way too sanguine on the prospect of a global Panopticon that would make the IngSoc people cream themselves.
Frankly these people would be the best argument for neo-Luddism–if, well, their statements about technological progress were even remotely credible.
Sometimes, headlines mean very different things in different subs. The band Panopticon is coming out with a new album this year.
It’s upsetting that someone with supposed philosophical expertise in existential risk theoretically would downplay actual existential risks like climate change and nuclear war.