A lot of culture war stuff over fake meat, transgenderism, and future tech presents as a clash between traditional forms of living vs. technological transhumanism. But I think the real debate is over the steepness of our societal adoption curve given only partially working tech.
— shako (@cauchyfriend) November 25, 2022
That’s a thought I’ve been having too. A lot of all that is just forms of cosplay and pretending. The truth is that biology is real and that we just do not have the tech yet to make fake meat, to truly transform a woman into a man or vice versa, nor to understand how to use CRISPR.
Our ambitions are far ahead of our capabilities. If that becomes untrue, a whole lot (but not all) of the so-called culture war will simply fade away.