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RE: Is "Tribalism" Good, Bad or Indifferent? Is "Us vs. Them Our Strength or Our Downfall?
I guess I am thinking of tribalism vs. individualism as poles of duality and we are compelled by the human condition to pendulate between them. Sacred clowns facillitate that pendulation, keeping us in balance.
The Transhumanism project is hard at work destroying family affiliation and genetic fate. Perhaps they will succeed at turning proles into mere flag wavers without a deep and abiding sense of tribal (extended family or community) belonging.
To me that is supremely dystopian and worse than oldtime barabarians.
Very thought provoking discussion, thank you!
I personally have a number of "issues" with transhumanism, starting with the inevitable homogeneity of the ultimate species... the "most efficient" will become predominant, and yet without variation the species will atrophy from the result of no longer having divergent ideas.