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> Douthat: But we’re not living under the Antichrist right now.

<LarryDavidVoice> Ehhhhh … </LarryDavidVoice>

Technology in the 1960s: We did it! We finally manufactured the first oral Polio vaccine, humankind will no longer suffer at the auspices of unjust biology.

Technology in the 2020s: What irks me about the Antichrist is that it's too deeply mired in magical heuristics, not enough Gog and Magog, if you catch my drift. This is why I need you to invest in my killer drone company. Okay?

> the way I understand the Judeo-Christian inspiration is it is about transcending nature

Nope. It's about realizing there is something much larger than self going on. If the focus is only on self why do anything for someone else?

Are you saying: if there is no god, why do anything for someone else?

If so, I respectfully but completely disagree.

What it is doesn't matter. It can be god, kids, country, lover, work, whatever. Click Sessions - lecture 1 & 2 (the Ring of Gyges parts) cover it - https://oyc.yale.edu/philosophy/phil-181

Will take a look. Thank you.

Peter Thiel and the Antichrist