Category Archives: futurism

Digital Detox in progress

I have recently read Jaron Lanier‘s newest book:
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (2018). It makes some great arguments for those who are in a position to do so to remove themselves from social media platforms. As a result I am exporting my data off of Facebook and Google, Instagram, and moving everything to my own blog.

I highly recommend the book and would love to encourage and help others to move to a platform that gives them full control of the content they publish and the content that they consume.

Basics of Roko’s Basilisk

  1. Wenceslas_Hollar_-_The_basilisk_and_the_weaselThe first rule of Roko’s Basilisk is you do not google “Roko’s Basilisk”.
  2. The second rule of Roko’s Basilisk is you do not make fun of Roko’s Basilisk.
  3. The third rule of Roko’s Basilisk is this is not the Basilisk you’re looking for.
  4. The fourth rule of Roko’s Basilisk is oddly enough, buy a lottery ticket.

 

Also, maybe read this BLIT short story if you haven’t got time to read Infinite Jest.