The Future Belongs to Those Who Reject the Simulation ｜ 7⧸3⧸25
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Summary
For most of human history, scarcity was the enemy.Be it territory, land, food, or energy, the majority of conflict and technological innovation was driven by the fact that resources were scarce. With the incredible explosion in scientific knowledge and technological advancement over the last few hundred years, the dynamic has shifted. Scarcity hasn t vanished across the globe by any stretch of the imagination, but in wealthier and more advanced portions of the world, many of the critical material deficiencies have seen significant relief.
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for most of human history scarcity was the enemy be it territory land wealth calories or energy
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the majority of conflict and technological innovation was driven by the fact that resources
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were scarce with the incredible explosion in scientific knowledge and technological advancement
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over the last few hundred years the dynamic has shifted scarcity hasn't vanished across the globe
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by any stretch of the imagination but in wealthier and more advanced portions of the world many of the
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critical material deficiencies have seen significant relief the problem that many affluent nations now
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face is that the artificial solutions they developed to alleviate scarcity have proven to be just as if
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not more dangerous than scarcity itself for most of our history humans have been selected for their
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ability to alleviate or survive scarcity now they're being selected for their ability to survive the
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dangers of an artificial abundance entire civilizations have risen to prominence or been completely destroyed
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based on their ability to provide consistent calorie counts food was hard to produce whether our pests
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could wipe out entire harvests and preserving consumable calories for the long term was difficult
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most of the population was employed in the production of their own food supply and yet famine regularly
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devastated entire civilizations in first world countries today factory farming improved logistics and
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advancements in creating artificial foodstuffs allow for the instant availability of calories a single trip to
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mcdonald's or the junk food aisle at walmart can produce an entire week's worth of calories for just a few
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dollars calories are now so available that obesity not hunger is the largest threat to the well-being of
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the poor the artificial flavors and empty fillers and processed food can simulate the necessary calories
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derived from real food but constantly meeting those basic needs with this modern creation slowly poisons the
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consumer's body a similar struggle can be seen in the modern proliferation of pornography and video games among young
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men along with hunger sex is one of the most basic elements of human desire and entire civilizations have been
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created and destroyed by sex drive historically the need to fulfill sexual desire drove men to elevate their status
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win wars accumulate wealth and achieve other great deeds now men can simulate the achievement of great deeds and fulfill their
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sexual appetite digitally there's no need to venture into the world or brave the dangers of the dating market because
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those impulses can be masturbated satisfied without engaging in the real and consequential behavior
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as a result young men are trapped in an eternal adolescence temporarily satisfied into compliance with a corrupt system but
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never threatening it with their full potential social media and online dating have a similar impact on women
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both technologies have a negative impact on society at large but they hit young women the hardest
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women crave community they want to be seen and validated social media allows women to delude themselves
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into believing that they are building meaningful bonds and friendships without having to deal with the real
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work that would be involved in serving a family community or group of friends social media also combines with
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online dating to give women the illusion of male attention distorting their expectations for healthy
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relationships in reality social media is responsible for driving up rates of female depression by opening an
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avenue of constant and inescapable criticism women lose their traditional roles as social facilitators and
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builders of community from which much of their identity historically arose they also become increasingly
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uncomfortable with male attention in real life while craving it online where it's considered safe and
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controllable this leads to a broken and hypergamous dating market where men find approaching women in
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real life impossible while women wait online for the attention of the perfect man that's just never coming
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covid showed us the true danger of attempting to simulate every aspect of human experience during the lockdown
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social interactions from school church work and even bonding with friends over a meal became impossible
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when does fast grocery delivery through instacart matter most when your famous grainy mustard potato
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salad isn't so famous without the grainy mustard when the barbecue's lit but there's nothing to grill
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when the in-laws decide that actually they will stay for dinner instacart has all your groceries covered
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this summer so download the app and get delivery in as fast as 60 minutes plus enjoy zero dollar
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delivery fees on your first three orders service fees exclusions and terms apply instacart groceries that
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over deliver the average person was encouraged to instead attempt to simulate all these experiences
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online with disastrous results depression skyrocketed childhood development was severely impacted and education
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became a joke the attempt to replace all of these fundamental human experiences with simulated alternatives
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that were safer and easier for the ruling class to control turned out to be a disaster the worst part
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is that while the experiences were inferior in every way many people still practice them because they are easier
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than engaging in the real thing there are individuals who will be damaged for the rest of their lives
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because they were given the opportunity to live life as a fully artificial existence reality is hard living a life of
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community and human interaction well it can be unpleasant demanding and even dangerous the only reason most people
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ever got off the couch is that there was no alternative to fulfilling their basic desires but now there are
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infinite alternatives to simulate almost every human need when given the option most people will choose
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comfort and ease over the difficult but meaningful this is why we must think carefully as a society about the alternatives
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to reality that we offer or promote the philosopher Jean Baudrillard developed the idea of the simulacra as a copy that
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represents something that no longer has an original in the modern world we have replaced the fulfillment of basic desires that
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defined our lives with copies of copies that have no connection to the original experience the cheeseburger with so many artificial
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ingredients that it fills your belly but has none of the nutrients provided by real food the ai online
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companion combating loneliness but ensuring that you never leave the house looking for community
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the porn star who looks and behaves nothing like a real woman the online male attention that destroys the
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ability of a woman to date a real man the simulated combat of a video game that keeps you from achieving anything of
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a real substance in your free time we're passing through an evolutionary bottleneck as real as the
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one that's selected for stronger more resilient and more intelligent human beings in the past the new
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selection criteria is the ability to reject the simulacrum can you say no to masturbating your sexual
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desires your hunger your desire for community your drive for greatness those that make it to the other side
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will choose austerity in the face of abundance it will be those that can value the real over the
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simulacra that will find meaning and avoid the incoming wave of nihilism artificial intelligence will
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only increase the categories of desire which can be simulated but those that survive will be those that are
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unsatisfied we must choose reality and meaning over comfort and ease we must teach our children to do the same
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the same thing that we must teach our children to do the same thing that we must teach our children to
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the same thing that we must teach our children to do the same thing that we must teach our children
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