In this video, we examine the darker side of Star Trek's portrayal of exploration and how it reflects the legacy of imperialism and cultural domination. From the parallels between Starfleet and the East India Company, to the problematic nature of the Prime Directive, we take a critical look at the cultural context that shapes our favorite science fiction franchise.
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I begin by writing, like any human writer, in a notebook with a pen. Please note that this was only made possible with the help of technology. My pen, the paper I write on, and even language, are all technologies.
I cannot remember when or from whom I heard this, but it was a response by an older writer to a younger writer. It went like this: “Do you want to be a writer? Or do you want to write?”
I think we have made too much out of ‘authenticity’. In fact, we may have made more out of it than we should have. We are told to be authentic on social media, but ask yourself, do you really want to see people’s authentic selves? I know I don’t. I want to see good people’s authentic self. I don’t want to see the authentic selves of fascists and casteists and homophobes and transphobes. They can stay in the closet till they fucking die.
I was speaking to a chatbot the other day (because humans are stupid) and it told me (in response to a very directed prompt) that perhaps the way forward was for humans to give up trying to be better than AI at the things that they have so far thought of as being uniquely human achievements. Perhaps a Buddhism-flavoured religion of the future will be all about freeing oneself from this attachment to credit and accomplishment.
Our evolutionary history, stretching back as it does millions of years, has not been fair to us, and why should it be, when fairness is our own fragile invention? Nevertheless, since, I am human, I hereby give myself permission to complain about it.
I entered the URL of my latest live stream into Google's NotebookLM and got this 16-minute "podcast" created by generative AI. It freaks me out.
I made a response to a video by YouTube channel Hyperquest where he claims to be answering questions by atheists.
I have been trying to get rid of my smartphone habit for some time. Here's the latest attempt.
Our previous caller, the Neo Charvak is back. But the confusion remains. Still no clear definition and still a lot of prevarication.
A caller wanted to have me accept that it is possible to be a Hindu atheist. I disagreed of course. If you watch this, you may also find this old video of mine interesting.
This was a little strange, but only a little. A self-confessed Yeshua follower tried to imply that there was something ubnique about the golden rule. I pointed out that it was just a regularold moral principle. Here is a recording of the conversation.
Last week, on the live stream, a caller wanted to offer his holy book as evidence of god's existence. It was a fun conversation. Here is a recording.
I wasn't always an atheist. And when I wasn't, I didn't like Richard Dawkins much (for obvious reasons). But even after I started identifying as an atheist, I didn't warm up to him much.
I got a caller on my live stream and he wanted me to just believe before I got evidence. I asked him if he would just believe some other religion without evidence. It got interesting.
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Ranvir Allahbadia, who also goes by the name of Beerbiceps, does a podcast called The Ranvir Show (TRS). On it, he invites allmanner of loonies and allows them unfettered access to his enormous audience. He has had guests who speak of bhoot-pret, magic, ghosts, and religion and promote a whole host of lies, misinformation, and superstition. Ranvir simply sits and listens and allows them to wax eloquent.
The recently concluded Karnataka elections have drawn significant attention as the results have now been revealed. In a stunning turn of events, the Congress party has emerged victorious, achieving a resounding win over its main rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This outcome has left political analysts and observers astounded, as it signifies a clear rejection of the BJP's ideology and policies by the voters.
Hello everyone. I just wanted to make a video to mark the occasion of, it's actually a kind of a big thing because I have deleted my Twitter account. I have been, you know, like this is not something surprising to anyone who's aware of the fact that I've kind of been moving away from social media for quite some time, like the beginning of this year.
Vimoh: [00:00:00] Hey, we are live. Hi everyone, and welcome to the livestream. Welcome to this channel's livestream, which is happening probably after a couple of years. Uh, I do a separate livestream on my livestream channel, uh, called Vimoh Live. But this is just my main channel and it's a special livestream where we are going to talk about artificial intelligence.
Not a week goes by without someone telling atheists that their religion "allows" atheism and that it "allows" debate and discussion or that it allows women to speak and go to work.
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