> While it's a fair criticism, just because someone doesn't believe in a god doesn't mean the religious hardware in their brain has been turned off.
Max Stirner said that after the Enlightenment and the growth of liberalism, which is still very much in vogue to this day, all we’ve done is replace the idea of God with the idea of Man.
The object might be different, but it is still the unshakable belief in an idealised and subjective truth, with its own rituals and ministers i.e a religion.
I guess the Silicon Valley hyper-technological optimism of the past years is yet another shift from Man to religious belief in the Machine.
Max Stirner said that after the Enlightenment and the growth of liberalism, which is still very much in vogue to this day, all we’ve done is replace the idea of God with the idea of Man.
The object might be different, but it is still the unshakable belief in an idealised and subjective truth, with its own rituals and ministers i.e a religion.
I guess the Silicon Valley hyper-technological optimism of the past years is yet another shift from Man to religious belief in the Machine.