Media narratives about the complex and dangerous conflicts in Brazil have been reductive and misleading. Our Rumble video is aimed at providing the missing context.
Thanks Glenn for your tireless efforts to fight against a corporate press industry which has turned it’s back on professional standards and ethics to instead become a political advocacy group for leftist politics. In a country evenly divided politically between left and right, the corporate press is overwhelmingly left. That Fox News and Rumble have such huge followings indicates an interest in the stories the MSM go to great pains to avoid “for our own good”. They may bash you as a once competent journalist who went to the dark side, yet they have never been able to refute your reporting. Hard to do when you have facts and evidence on your side. They should try it sometime. You are a powerful voice for those of us who question corrupt authority but are foolishly deemed dangerous to the population at large if we dare disagree. Keep up the good work!
I'm an old fart so I don't find reading, an onerous task so thanks for making the transcripts available. Glad Ms. Gabbard is going to have a platform. She has more integrity and cojones than any man in the democratic field. Of course, people like her and Mr. Kusinish don't fit in the corporate duopoly for a number of reasons, integrity being at the top of the list. We in Canada have come down to literally burning books until caught and now they use other methods. Not much difference in Florida where I winter; the huge Miami Dade library has to use inter library loans to get some books for me. I always thought that the conservatives were stubborn and resistant to change and dictatorial and censorial and they are but now, what used to be "my people"; the labour left have been conscripted into the woke totalitarian intolerant class. Hell, the leader of the labour party in the UK after Mr. Corbin who was destroyed from outside and inside is literally, a knight of the realm and a member of the "TRI lateral commission"; WTF is going on. Anyway l'm appreciative for all you do and especially for having the cojones to do it in Brazil.
Thanks for the update GG! So glad to hear that Rumble is starting to take hold and glad to be doing my part to give big tech a big middle finger. Stay well!
While I am happy you have managed to find a new home at Rumble, it would be wise to keep a "Plan C" in mind. All it would take for Rumble to change its rules is a buyout - I'm reasonably confident that Rumble owners ultimately have an exit strategy in mind. Something to think about.
This is awesome, Glenn, thank you. Very good news that new censor-free options are popping up everywhere. Excited to be subscribed to Substack and Rumble. Also thanks for the update on Brazil.
National security expert warns Biden is ‘preparing the way for the next 9/11’
September 13, 2021
“Biden is doing the unthinkable. On the 20th anniversary of the dark day that terrorists struck New York City and Washington, D.C., he – more than any other world leader – is preparing the way for the next 9/11,” Carafano wrote.
“Sept. 11, 2021, ought above all to be a day of remembrance, a reflection on loss, a homage to bravery, and a recommitment to our steely resolve to never let this happen again. And without question, the president will invoke that message at ceremonies in New York, Washington and Shanksville, Penn.”
But he said the world will be watching Biden’s actions.
And that would be “engaging, enabling, and empowering the Taliban.”
After all, Biden left to the Taliban terrorists billions of dollars of U.S. war machinery, including helicopters, planes, vehicles and weaponry.
This, Carafano explained, “looks like shameless appeasement.”
These are the facts, he said: “The Taliban invaded a country and overthrew an elected government. Their human rights record is appalling. They dominate the illegal narcotics traffic in South Asia. Engaging them would be like doing diplomacy with the cartels after they overthrew the Mexican government. The Taliban ought to be treated like an international outcast, not an acceptable government.”
But there’s worse, he said.
“The Taliban have operational relationships with al-Qaeda, the Pakistan Intelligence Service, and the Haqqani network. Empowering them won’t cause them to relinquish these relationships. Indulging the Taliban will make them more resistant to Western pressure, not less,” he said.
“Al-Qaida will see returning to Afghanistan as redemption, and planning the next 9/11 from there as a fulfillment of their historic mission.,” he said. “Armed with a stronger, more well-armed military, more money, and more international support, the Taliban will be less risk-averse in permitting transnational terrorism, not more.”
This report also lays out ample evidence that researchers at the WIV, in conjunction with U.S.
scientists and funded by both the PRC government and the U.S. government, were conducting gainof-function research on coronaviruses at the WIV, at times under BSL-2 conditions. Much of this
research was focused on modifying the spike protein of coronaviruses that could not infect humans so
they could bind to human immune systems. The stated purpose of this work was to identified viruses
with pandemic potential and to create a broad-spectrum coronavirus vaccine. In many instances, the
scientists were successful in creating “chimeric viruses” – or viruses created from the pieces of other
viruses – that could infect human immune systems. With dangerous research like this conducted at
safety levels similar to a dentist’s office, a natural or genetically modified virus could have easily
escaped the lab and infected the community.
Committee Minority Staff has also identified scientists who are directly tied to the WIV, and who
worked on gain-of-function research in the years prior to the start of the current pandemic, who had
the ability to modify genetically modify coronaviruses without leaving any trace evidence. An
American scientist, Dr. Ralph Baric, assisted in creating a method to leave no trace of genetic
modification as early as 2005. And as early as 2016, scientists working at the WIV were able to do
the same. This makes it clear that claims by the scientific community that SARS-CoV-2 could not be
man-made because it has no genetic modification markers are disingenuous.
We conclude there is ample proof that the virus could have been genetically manipulated, and that it
is vitally important we fully investigate this hypothesis to determine if that happened here.
The Cover-Up
In the original report, we laid out many of the ways the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the
World Health Organization (WHO) went to great lengths to cover up the initial epidemic, and how
their cover-up likely turned what could have been a local outbreak into a global pandemic. The CCP
detained doctors in order to silence them, and disappeared journalists who attempted to expose the
truth. They destroyed lab samples, and hid the fact there was clear evidence of human-to-human
transmission. And they still refuse to allow a real investigation into the origins. At the same time, the
WHO, under Director General Tedros, failed to warn the world of the impending pandemic. Instead,
he parroted CCP talking points, acting as a puppet of General Secretary Xi.
In this addendum, we have uncovered further evidence of how top scientists at the WIV and Dr. Peter
Daszak, an American scientist, furthered that cover-up. Their actions include bullying other scientists
who questioned whether the virus could have leaked from a lab; misleading the world about how a
virus can be modified without leaving a trace; and, in many, instances directly lying about the nature
of the research they were conducting, as well as the low-level safety protocols they were using for
that research.
These actions not only delayed an initial investigation into the possibility of a lab leak costing
valuable time, but provide further proof the virus likely leaked from the WIV. These actions also call
into question the way in which U.S. government grants are used in overseas labs and call for more
Thanks Glenn, I am truly happy to hear that Rumble migration went well. I personally now always search for a video on rumble and even gab TV before resorting to youtube, also switched to a different search engine for more than 2 years (and the engine, the startpage, have improved since I started using it so now I have to resort to google or bing maybe once or twice a month (other than for maps that still are unbeatable I am afraid)). I hope eventually people stop feeding the beast and publish their videos on youtube. Then Google may very well become more reasonable.
Don't ride them buses whose owner treats you as a 2nd class passenger. Even if it creates mild inconvenience -- you will only become healthier as a result. Rosa Parks forever :-) !
YouTube is an example of the difficulty in striking the right censorship balance. Too little and people become an angry mob. Too much and people get bored and leave. Substack and Rumble are caught up in the excitement of helping to form a mob, but they'll soon realize they need to apply the brakes.
Glenn you and others are the tip of a very sharp spear. The NEW media has taken bit of time to emerge and gain acceptance over the legacy media. The MSM has bungled and sabotaged their own business model. Hopefully they will be amply rewarded for their censorship and arrogance by fading into oblivion.
Maybe future journalists will study the total train wreck that has become the current media as a warning. Old style journalists did not talk to their audiences as you stated but AT them. The hubris and condensation is as thick as pea soap and oozes from every pore of the Big Tech and MSM.
As those business and cultural models start to fall hopefully the new free expression ones like Rumble and others will flourish and result in a better informed public. The current covering of the asses of their favored politicians and others should go down in history as one of the most serious attacks on participatory Democracy and representative gov't in history. The failure to dispense with these manipulative and pernicious media empires will surly drive freedom and liberty underground and result in an ongoing cold war between citizens and the oppressors.
While most of humanity is still in the middle of the coronavirus crisis, the highly influential members of the World Economic Forum have a plan for what should come next. It is called ‘The Great Reset’, and it envisions a truly ‘transhumanist’ future for us all.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an annual conference where some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in the world come together for ‘public-private cooperation’.[1] Since mid-2020, the WEF has been promoting its vision for our post-coronavirus future, which they call ‘The Great Reset’.[2] In their view, the pandemic has exposed the weaknesses of our old system, and therefore presents a perfect opportunity to ‘reset’ our world and start anew. What is striking about this plan, which the WEF has condensed into a virus-shaped mindmap, is its implicit endorsement of a philosophy called ‘transhumanism’.[3] The term is not used explicitly, but its values and goals can be seen at every level of the plan. Now, according to some, transhumanism is not just a new philosophy, but a new religion that will be the dominant worldview of humanity going forward.[4]
What is transhumanism?
In a nutshell, transhumanism is a philosophical movement which promotes the view that the human species should take control of its own evolution through human-enhancement technologies, such as brain implants and nanotechnology that reverses aging. This will then allow humanity to transcend its physical and mental limitations.[5] The term itself was first coined in 1957 by Julian Huxley; the brother of Aldous Huxley, the famous author of the dystopian novel ‘Brave New World’.[6]
Transhumanism and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Now, one of the three main goals of the Great Reset agenda is “to harness the innovations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to support the public good…”[7] As the founder of the WEF, Klaus Schwab, explains, the Fourth Industrial Revolution “will lead to a fusion of our physical, digital, and biological identities.”[8] He specifically considers technologies that will change what it means to be human, because they will integrate into the human body and mind in order to overcome (‘transcend’) their limitations. Sound familiar? As Schwab himself admits, these new technologies can also “intrude into the hitherto private space of our minds, reading our thoughts and influencing our behavior…”[9] While these technologies seem like science fiction, they are nearly at our doorstep.[10] In fact, much of the pandemic response effort relies on Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, such as genetic sequencing, vaccine biotechnology (mRNA and vector platforms), and contact tracing (mass surveillance) software.[11] Social distancing measures have also forced people to replace their physical world with a virtual one, including digital versions of school, church, shopping, and even parties.[12] While this has been a terrible loss for most people, this digitalisation of our lives (including COV-id apps and digital currency) is part of the WEF’s vision for our future, and therefore, in their view, quite desirable.[13]
A transhumanist paradise?
While there is a big debate about whether transhumanism should be defined as a religion or not, it definitely functions like[1] a religion, in the sense that it provides a framework of meaning for human life that contains many of the goals of classical world religions. For example, most religions promise the goal of immortality, either in this life or after death. Some traditions (like Christianity and Islam) clearly aim for immortality after death (resurrection or heaven). Other traditions (like some forms of Daoism) have aimed for immortality in this life; usually through alchemical potions or self-cultivation, such as yoga and meditation.[14] Transhumanism also aims for immortality, but through technology rather than through supernatural aid or spiritual transformation. Technologies that will be used for this include nanorobots, genetic engineering, and converting our brain activity into a digital form, and then uploading it into a supercomputer that will last forever (if possible).[15] Secondly, most religions seek a state of permanent happiness, either in this life (nirvana in Buddhism) or after death (paradise in Christianity or Islam). Transhumanists think this can instead be achieved by creating ‘happiness drugs’ and brain-chip interfaces that manipulate the brain’s pleasure centres.[16] Thirdly, most religions aspire for human beings to attain a state of divinity. The transhumanist ideal is likewise for humans to become god-like creators who can manipulate the material world at will (through 3D printing and atom-assembling nano-robots), and even to create new forms of life (through synthetic biology).[17] All of this shows that transhumanism is based on the assumption that suffering (such as aging, sickness, and death) is a technical rather than a metaphysical problem, and can therefore be solved with more and better technologies.
Transhumanism as a new religion
While approaching transhumanism as a religion-like phenomenon is already very revealing, some argue that transhumanism should be treated as a new religion in its own right. Yuval Noah Harari promotes this idea in his book Homo Deus, where he defines religion as “anything that confers superhuman legitimacy on human social structures.”[18] He distinguishes between two types of transhumanist techno-religions: (1) techno-humanism and (2) dataism (data religion). In the first view, technologically enhanced humans (homo deus) will replace biological humans (homo sapiens), or develop a hierarchical, class-based relationship with them.[19] In the second view, humanity as such is replaced by new kinds of digital entities, such as an all-knowing, self-aware AI (Artificial Intelligence) that has no more use for us.[20] In this future, data (information processing) would replace God or human nature as the ultimate source of meaning and authority in the universe.[21] A self-improving superintelligent AI (aka ‘the singularity’) would know us better than we know ourselves, and would therefore function as a kind of omniscient oracle or sovereign to which we make humble offerings in exchange for the solutions to all our problems. Perhaps Google and Facebook will become our new gods? Harari seems to think it is possible.[22]
Transhumanist assumptions
I think it has become clear that the Great Reset and its underlying transhumanist views both rest on fundamental values and assumptions about reality, and that these are not necessarily self-evident. The idea that we should always transcend our human limitations (aka ‘extropianism’), or that human beings are nothing more than a collection of biochemical algorithms for survival and procreation, are highly contested.[23] It is therefore up to each individual to decide whether they accept this worldview and its aims, and whether they wish to support the Great Reset agenda.
Thanks Glenn for your tireless efforts to fight against a corporate press industry which has turned it’s back on professional standards and ethics to instead become a political advocacy group for leftist politics. In a country evenly divided politically between left and right, the corporate press is overwhelmingly left. That Fox News and Rumble have such huge followings indicates an interest in the stories the MSM go to great pains to avoid “for our own good”. They may bash you as a once competent journalist who went to the dark side, yet they have never been able to refute your reporting. Hard to do when you have facts and evidence on your side. They should try it sometime. You are a powerful voice for those of us who question corrupt authority but are foolishly deemed dangerous to the population at large if we dare disagree. Keep up the good work!
I'm an old fart so I don't find reading, an onerous task so thanks for making the transcripts available. Glad Ms. Gabbard is going to have a platform. She has more integrity and cojones than any man in the democratic field. Of course, people like her and Mr. Kusinish don't fit in the corporate duopoly for a number of reasons, integrity being at the top of the list. We in Canada have come down to literally burning books until caught and now they use other methods. Not much difference in Florida where I winter; the huge Miami Dade library has to use inter library loans to get some books for me. I always thought that the conservatives were stubborn and resistant to change and dictatorial and censorial and they are but now, what used to be "my people"; the labour left have been conscripted into the woke totalitarian intolerant class. Hell, the leader of the labour party in the UK after Mr. Corbin who was destroyed from outside and inside is literally, a knight of the realm and a member of the "TRI lateral commission"; WTF is going on. Anyway l'm appreciative for all you do and especially for having the cojones to do it in Brazil.
Thanks for the helpful information and resources.
And thanks for being a journalist.
Thanks for the update GG! So glad to hear that Rumble is starting to take hold and glad to be doing my part to give big tech a big middle finger. Stay well!
While I am happy you have managed to find a new home at Rumble, it would be wise to keep a "Plan C" in mind. All it would take for Rumble to change its rules is a buyout - I'm reasonably confident that Rumble owners ultimately have an exit strategy in mind. Something to think about.
This is awesome, Glenn, thank you. Very good news that new censor-free options are popping up everywhere. Excited to be subscribed to Substack and Rumble. Also thanks for the update on Brazil.
The insurrection will not be on YouTube.
I wouldn't know anything about this without you, thank you!
National security expert warns Biden is ‘preparing the way for the next 9/11’
September 13, 2021
“Biden is doing the unthinkable. On the 20th anniversary of the dark day that terrorists struck New York City and Washington, D.C., he – more than any other world leader – is preparing the way for the next 9/11,” Carafano wrote.
“Sept. 11, 2021, ought above all to be a day of remembrance, a reflection on loss, a homage to bravery, and a recommitment to our steely resolve to never let this happen again. And without question, the president will invoke that message at ceremonies in New York, Washington and Shanksville, Penn.”
But he said the world will be watching Biden’s actions.
And that would be “engaging, enabling, and empowering the Taliban.”
After all, Biden left to the Taliban terrorists billions of dollars of U.S. war machinery, including helicopters, planes, vehicles and weaponry.
This, Carafano explained, “looks like shameless appeasement.”
These are the facts, he said: “The Taliban invaded a country and overthrew an elected government. Their human rights record is appalling. They dominate the illegal narcotics traffic in South Asia. Engaging them would be like doing diplomacy with the cartels after they overthrew the Mexican government. The Taliban ought to be treated like an international outcast, not an acceptable government.”
But there’s worse, he said.
“The Taliban have operational relationships with al-Qaeda, the Pakistan Intelligence Service, and the Haqqani network. Empowering them won’t cause them to relinquish these relationships. Indulging the Taliban will make them more resistant to Western pressure, not less,” he said.
“Al-Qaida will see returning to Afghanistan as redemption, and planning the next 9/11 from there as a fulfillment of their historic mission.,” he said. “Armed with a stronger, more well-armed military, more money, and more international support, the Taliban will be less risk-averse in permitting transnational terrorism, not more.”
https://www.madpatriotnews.com/national-security-expert-warns-biden-is-preparing-the-way-for-the-next-9-11/
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Genetic Modification
This report also lays out ample evidence that researchers at the WIV, in conjunction with U.S.
scientists and funded by both the PRC government and the U.S. government, were conducting gainof-function research on coronaviruses at the WIV, at times under BSL-2 conditions. Much of this
research was focused on modifying the spike protein of coronaviruses that could not infect humans so
they could bind to human immune systems. The stated purpose of this work was to identified viruses
with pandemic potential and to create a broad-spectrum coronavirus vaccine. In many instances, the
scientists were successful in creating “chimeric viruses” – or viruses created from the pieces of other
viruses – that could infect human immune systems. With dangerous research like this conducted at
safety levels similar to a dentist’s office, a natural or genetically modified virus could have easily
escaped the lab and infected the community.
Committee Minority Staff has also identified scientists who are directly tied to the WIV, and who
worked on gain-of-function research in the years prior to the start of the current pandemic, who had
the ability to modify genetically modify coronaviruses without leaving any trace evidence. An
American scientist, Dr. Ralph Baric, assisted in creating a method to leave no trace of genetic
modification as early as 2005. And as early as 2016, scientists working at the WIV were able to do
the same. This makes it clear that claims by the scientific community that SARS-CoV-2 could not be
man-made because it has no genetic modification markers are disingenuous.
We conclude there is ample proof that the virus could have been genetically manipulated, and that it
is vitally important we fully investigate this hypothesis to determine if that happened here.
The Cover-Up
In the original report, we laid out many of the ways the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the
World Health Organization (WHO) went to great lengths to cover up the initial epidemic, and how
their cover-up likely turned what could have been a local outbreak into a global pandemic. The CCP
detained doctors in order to silence them, and disappeared journalists who attempted to expose the
truth. They destroyed lab samples, and hid the fact there was clear evidence of human-to-human
transmission. And they still refuse to allow a real investigation into the origins. At the same time, the
WHO, under Director General Tedros, failed to warn the world of the impending pandemic. Instead,
he parroted CCP talking points, acting as a puppet of General Secretary Xi.
In this addendum, we have uncovered further evidence of how top scientists at the WIV and Dr. Peter
Daszak, an American scientist, furthered that cover-up. Their actions include bullying other scientists
who questioned whether the virus could have leaked from a lab; misleading the world about how a
virus can be modified without leaving a trace; and, in many, instances directly lying about the nature
of the research they were conducting, as well as the low-level safety protocols they were using for
that research.
These actions not only delayed an initial investigation into the possibility of a lab leak costing
valuable time, but provide further proof the virus likely leaked from the WIV. These actions also call
into question the way in which U.S. government grants are used in overseas labs and call for more
oversight of those grants.
https://gop-foreignaffairs.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ORIGINS-OF-COVID-19-REPORT.pdf
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Thanks Glenn, I am truly happy to hear that Rumble migration went well. I personally now always search for a video on rumble and even gab TV before resorting to youtube, also switched to a different search engine for more than 2 years (and the engine, the startpage, have improved since I started using it so now I have to resort to google or bing maybe once or twice a month (other than for maps that still are unbeatable I am afraid)). I hope eventually people stop feeding the beast and publish their videos on youtube. Then Google may very well become more reasonable.
Don't ride them buses whose owner treats you as a 2nd class passenger. Even if it creates mild inconvenience -- you will only become healthier as a result. Rosa Parks forever :-) !
Thanks, Glenn. 'ppreciate your objectivity. Cheers!
YouTube is an example of the difficulty in striking the right censorship balance. Too little and people become an angry mob. Too much and people get bored and leave. Substack and Rumble are caught up in the excitement of helping to form a mob, but they'll soon realize they need to apply the brakes.
Glenn you and others are the tip of a very sharp spear. The NEW media has taken bit of time to emerge and gain acceptance over the legacy media. The MSM has bungled and sabotaged their own business model. Hopefully they will be amply rewarded for their censorship and arrogance by fading into oblivion.
Maybe future journalists will study the total train wreck that has become the current media as a warning. Old style journalists did not talk to their audiences as you stated but AT them. The hubris and condensation is as thick as pea soap and oozes from every pore of the Big Tech and MSM.
As those business and cultural models start to fall hopefully the new free expression ones like Rumble and others will flourish and result in a better informed public. The current covering of the asses of their favored politicians and others should go down in history as one of the most serious attacks on participatory Democracy and representative gov't in history. The failure to dispense with these manipulative and pernicious media empires will surly drive freedom and liberty underground and result in an ongoing cold war between citizens and the oppressors.
Love the idea of transcripts! I can read a 15 minute vid in one minute, so yeah.
Coronavirus and the transhuman future
While most of humanity is still in the middle of the coronavirus crisis, the highly influential members of the World Economic Forum have a plan for what should come next. It is called ‘The Great Reset’, and it envisions a truly ‘transhumanist’ future for us all.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an annual conference where some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in the world come together for ‘public-private cooperation’.[1] Since mid-2020, the WEF has been promoting its vision for our post-coronavirus future, which they call ‘The Great Reset’.[2] In their view, the pandemic has exposed the weaknesses of our old system, and therefore presents a perfect opportunity to ‘reset’ our world and start anew. What is striking about this plan, which the WEF has condensed into a virus-shaped mindmap, is its implicit endorsement of a philosophy called ‘transhumanism’.[3] The term is not used explicitly, but its values and goals can be seen at every level of the plan. Now, according to some, transhumanism is not just a new philosophy, but a new religion that will be the dominant worldview of humanity going forward.[4]
What is transhumanism?
In a nutshell, transhumanism is a philosophical movement which promotes the view that the human species should take control of its own evolution through human-enhancement technologies, such as brain implants and nanotechnology that reverses aging. This will then allow humanity to transcend its physical and mental limitations.[5] The term itself was first coined in 1957 by Julian Huxley; the brother of Aldous Huxley, the famous author of the dystopian novel ‘Brave New World’.[6]
Transhumanism and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Now, one of the three main goals of the Great Reset agenda is “to harness the innovations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to support the public good…”[7] As the founder of the WEF, Klaus Schwab, explains, the Fourth Industrial Revolution “will lead to a fusion of our physical, digital, and biological identities.”[8] He specifically considers technologies that will change what it means to be human, because they will integrate into the human body and mind in order to overcome (‘transcend’) their limitations. Sound familiar? As Schwab himself admits, these new technologies can also “intrude into the hitherto private space of our minds, reading our thoughts and influencing our behavior…”[9] While these technologies seem like science fiction, they are nearly at our doorstep.[10] In fact, much of the pandemic response effort relies on Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, such as genetic sequencing, vaccine biotechnology (mRNA and vector platforms), and contact tracing (mass surveillance) software.[11] Social distancing measures have also forced people to replace their physical world with a virtual one, including digital versions of school, church, shopping, and even parties.[12] While this has been a terrible loss for most people, this digitalisation of our lives (including COV-id apps and digital currency) is part of the WEF’s vision for our future, and therefore, in their view, quite desirable.[13]
A transhumanist paradise?
While there is a big debate about whether transhumanism should be defined as a religion or not, it definitely functions like[1] a religion, in the sense that it provides a framework of meaning for human life that contains many of the goals of classical world religions. For example, most religions promise the goal of immortality, either in this life or after death. Some traditions (like Christianity and Islam) clearly aim for immortality after death (resurrection or heaven). Other traditions (like some forms of Daoism) have aimed for immortality in this life; usually through alchemical potions or self-cultivation, such as yoga and meditation.[14] Transhumanism also aims for immortality, but through technology rather than through supernatural aid or spiritual transformation. Technologies that will be used for this include nanorobots, genetic engineering, and converting our brain activity into a digital form, and then uploading it into a supercomputer that will last forever (if possible).[15] Secondly, most religions seek a state of permanent happiness, either in this life (nirvana in Buddhism) or after death (paradise in Christianity or Islam). Transhumanists think this can instead be achieved by creating ‘happiness drugs’ and brain-chip interfaces that manipulate the brain’s pleasure centres.[16] Thirdly, most religions aspire for human beings to attain a state of divinity. The transhumanist ideal is likewise for humans to become god-like creators who can manipulate the material world at will (through 3D printing and atom-assembling nano-robots), and even to create new forms of life (through synthetic biology).[17] All of this shows that transhumanism is based on the assumption that suffering (such as aging, sickness, and death) is a technical rather than a metaphysical problem, and can therefore be solved with more and better technologies.
Transhumanism as a new religion
While approaching transhumanism as a religion-like phenomenon is already very revealing, some argue that transhumanism should be treated as a new religion in its own right. Yuval Noah Harari promotes this idea in his book Homo Deus, where he defines religion as “anything that confers superhuman legitimacy on human social structures.”[18] He distinguishes between two types of transhumanist techno-religions: (1) techno-humanism and (2) dataism (data religion). In the first view, technologically enhanced humans (homo deus) will replace biological humans (homo sapiens), or develop a hierarchical, class-based relationship with them.[19] In the second view, humanity as such is replaced by new kinds of digital entities, such as an all-knowing, self-aware AI (Artificial Intelligence) that has no more use for us.[20] In this future, data (information processing) would replace God or human nature as the ultimate source of meaning and authority in the universe.[21] A self-improving superintelligent AI (aka ‘the singularity’) would know us better than we know ourselves, and would therefore function as a kind of omniscient oracle or sovereign to which we make humble offerings in exchange for the solutions to all our problems. Perhaps Google and Facebook will become our new gods? Harari seems to think it is possible.[22]
Transhumanist assumptions
I think it has become clear that the Great Reset and its underlying transhumanist views both rest on fundamental values and assumptions about reality, and that these are not necessarily self-evident. The idea that we should always transcend our human limitations (aka ‘extropianism’), or that human beings are nothing more than a collection of biochemical algorithms for survival and procreation, are highly contested.[23] It is therefore up to each individual to decide whether they accept this worldview and its aims, and whether they wish to support the Great Reset agenda.
Timo Pieters
https://europeanacademyofreligionandsociety.com/news/coronavirus-and-the-transhuman-future/
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