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we're living in a golden age, but humanity might go extinct - lostboyevsky lyrics

[intro: vinay gupta (speaking)]
“we know where human beings came from—they evolved. they weren’t made by some angry god, and that angry being is not waiting for you as soon as you die to beat you with a stick. it’s fine. god is dead. there’s nothing to worry about. have a nice day. go out and enjoy yourselves.”

[verse 1: lostboyevsky (rapping)]
aspiring übermensch in a big data panopticon
scrolling through twitter thinking, “d-mn, this epoch is odd”
while billions of humans still believe they can talk to god
i’m contemplating berlin’s dichotomy of fox and hedgehog
reading venkatesh rao in bangladesh now
feeling future nauseous listening to spankmaster, wow
i’m breaking smart while making art
taking part in effective altruism, combining head and heart
i’m eating grey pills while software eats the world
contemplating phenomenology of perception, husserl
absolute belief is the death of intelligence
your tribal affiliations make your thinking irrelevant
it’s all confirmation bias and motivated reasoning
you derps should probably read more lesswrong and meaningness
plus slate star codex and ribbonfarm
admit your own uncertainty; it will diminish harm
plus render your estimation of universe more accurate
reality is ambiguous, word to david chapman
i hit the volcano vape then read wikipedia pages on the dunning-kruger effect and mcluhan’s theory of media
broadcasting live from a cottage in bulgaria
let’s build some eco-cities and eradicate malaria

[hook: lostboyevsky (singing)]
most peaceful and prosperous period of history
but humanity might go extinct

[verse 2: lostboyevsky (rapping)]
you buy products to signal tribe memberships
i try to save the world on some last airbender sh-t
while chugging beers in the blogosphere
viewing relationships as mirrors and, uh, dodging fear
type of ape to get swept away by both cheer and tears
even though buddha knows that means i’ll suffer here
but like niezsche said, despair and joy grow together
find me engaging in bdsm, minus the leather
plus practicing other types of rituals; sarah perry’s essay on the consciousness monoculture is a rare read
i stare d-e-a-t-h in the countenance
then casually hurl through sky to other continents
the dominant global monoculture sure has its convolutions
but i’m not convinced we need a violent revolution
i mean, like, i’m down for a renaissance
we need to address ecocide and existential risk and stuff
but your anger at the quote unquote “system” is sorta misplaced
friend, this is the most peaceful period of human history
better angels of our nature, shout out stephen pinker
personally i’d like much of our civilization to linger
things seem so f-cked not because it’s all broken
but because you now have a billion times more info, kid
your news feed shows you a steady stream of tragedies
and you -ssume the world is now unprecedentedly nasty
when really we’ve seen colossal declines in violence and poverty
we may actually get everyone past that first level of maslow’s hierarchy
you compare our reality with your idealized fantasy and in doing so you commit the nirvana fallacy
no political or economic system is ever utopian
the belief in a perfect system led to hitler and stalin
there are more ways to break complex systems than improve them
so it’s some degree of gradualism for the win
please simply consider the virtues of pragmatism
and the idea that modern civilization is actually pretty b-tchin’
a bulwark against hobbes’ war of all against all
and it gave us ipods, running water, science, electricity y’all
consider for a moment how f-cking great all that sh-t is
and you want to tear it down and live totally primitive?
nah, not me, too much love for the internet
i’ll live in an off-grid cabin customized with modern tech
or maybe a tiny home or a hexayurt
on my carl sagan sh-t, cherishing this s-xy earth

[hook: lostboyevsky (singing)]
instructions for humanity
must preserve species’ sanity

[verse 3: lostboyevsky (rapping)]
yes, there’s still much in the world we ought to change
but if you’re hearing this, know you’ve got it pretty great
appreciate that sh-t and give back to make things more swell
donate to the causes recommended by givewell
read nick bostrom’s exceptional thoughts and stuff
support the world-saving projects of elon musk
look into regenvillages and cool earth
explore 80,000 hours and vinay gupta’s work
escape your filter bubbles; question all the things
circ-mvent politics where possible; self-reliance is king
live minimalistically, comp-ssionately, sustainably
read robert anton wilson to make sure your brain is free
all things are in flux so maybe practice non-resistance
above all, enjoy this life, friend: affirm existence

- lostboyevsky lyrics

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