> A society whose tagline is "alive and free in some senses" is already dystopian!
Haha. Well we might agree about that - that description covers a wide range of possibilities. If you have ideas about what a plausible and good future looks like, please let me know. One of my next projects is trying to articulate "what is the best we can hope for?" and talk about which sets of goals are even possible to jointly fulfill. But certainly "everyone is free in all senses" is incoherent or at the very least, unstable.
I would love to help in any way I can. Have cached some of my own notes here https://ekjsgrjelrbno.substack.com
If you aren't repelled by my willingness to use sharp terminology to say blurry things, hit me up at [email protected]
I agree with this formulation. What I am emphasizing is that, insofar as mechanisms are steering, the system in which they are operating can be said to have largely decoupled from the human mind.
"Alive and free in some senses."
A society whose tagline is "alive and free in some senses" is already dystopian! Far scarier, to me, than its extinction or my own early death.