> "We are told to denounce our birthright – our intelligence, our control over nature, our ability to build a better world." ... "Our present society has been s

> "We are told to denounce our birthright – our intelligence, our control over nature, our ability to build a better world." ... "Our present society has been subjected to a mass demoralization campaign for six decades – against technology and against life – under varying names like 'existential risk', 'sustainability', 'ESG', 'Sustainable Development Goals', ..." I listen to this and I get echoes of Ayn Randian manifesto's, of Andrew Ryan's Rapture in BioShock (and am ashamed to only now have noticed "A.R.") and Foundation and think "this is very much not a future I'd look forward to..."