Hindu Accelerationism (archived version)
My jaw dropped as the Hindu scholar across from me detailed how her religious-cultural tradition not only encouraged worldly satisfaction but essentially gave instructions for decadence. Not only is it not antagonistic to pleasure, but effectively gives a blueprint for hedonism: these are all the pl
Hindu Accelerationism Dec 24 Written By Johnathan Bi My jaw dropped as the Hindu scholar across from me detailed how her religious-cultural tradition not only encouraged worldly satisfaction but essentially gave instructions for decadence. Not only is it not antagonistic to pleasure, but effectively gives a blueprint for hedonism: these are all the pleasures, food, sex, etc. you should enjoy. It sounded more like a bachelor-party guide to Las Vegas than a path towards transcendence. What surprised me wasn’t how a religion could promote the worldly life, but how a religion so similar to Buddhis
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