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Accelerationists Just Wanna Have Fun - by ~hanfel-dovned

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“The thorn was a sacred Claw because all thorns were sacred Claws; the sand in my boots was sacred sand because it came from a beach of sacred sand.” —Gene Wolfe, The Book of the New Sun How do you orient yourself long-term in an ever-changing environment? In my circles, utilitarianism is out, and what remains is beauty. Human beings evolved the sense of awe as a signal that we’re moving in the right direction in high-dimensional space. Beauty is a pointer to health, abundance, and the pinnacle of existence. When a normie learns this, they undergo one of two transformations. Most become ironic consoomers, partaking in everything and enjoying nothing. Others recoil in horror at their surroundings, seeing for the first time the wretched environment that they’ve tolerated for so long. Understandably, they turn to the spiritual elimination diet that is minimalism and take Marie Kondo’s advice to destroy everything that doesn’t “spark joy.” But irony and minimalism are two sides of the same

“The thorn was a sacred Claw because all thorns were sacred Claws; the sand in my boots was sacred sand because it came from a beach of sacred sand.” —Gene Wolfe, The Book of the New Sun How do you orient yourself long-term in an ever-changing environment? In my circles, utilitarianism is out, and what remains is beauty. Human beings evolved the sense of awe as a signal that we’re moving in the right direction in high-dimensional space. Beauty is a pointer to health, abundance, and the pinnacle of existence. When a normie learns this, they undergo one of two transformations. Most become…

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