“Paul Kingsnorth contra la Máquina del Progreso” https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2026/03/26/paul-kingsnorth-contra-la-maquina-del-progreso/

Con Against the Machine. On the Unmaking of Humanity, Paul Kingsnorth (co-fundador de un proyecto, Dark Mountain, que fue por cierto una de las principales inspiraciones para crear 15/15\15) continúa la genealogía intelectual que lleva décadas construyendo: una arqueología espiritual y política de la modernidad vista como un proceso de desarraigo total (de la tierra, de las raíces, de la cultura… y finalmente de nosotros mismos) bajo el paradigma del turbo-capitalismo metastásico de lo que él llama, simplemente, la Máquina. El libro podría haberse limitado a repetir diagnósticos ya frecuentes en los círculos ecologistas, anticapitalistas o decrecentistas; sin embargo, Kingsnorth logra algo más difícil: entrelaza filosofía, memoria personal, historia cultural y un tono casi visionario

Y dos citas para empezar:

«Es fácil para mí imaginar que la próxima gran división del mundo lo será entre las personas que desean vivir como criaturas y las personas que desean vivir como máquinas.» —Wendell Berry

«¿Y si la izquierda y el capitalismo global fueran, en el fondo, una misma cosa: motores para destruir las formas de vida tradicionales y sustituirlas por el nuevo mundo de la Máquina? (…) La izquierda posmoderna que se ha apoderado de lo más alto de gran parte de la cultura occidental no es una amenaza radical para el establishment: es el establishment (…) La izquierda y el capitalismo corporativo funcionan ahora como una pinza: uno ataca la cultura, deconstruyéndolo todo, desde la historia hasta la ‘heteronormatividad’ y las identidades nacionales; el otro se moviliza para monetizar los fragmentos». —Paul Kingsnorth, Against the Machine. On the Unmaking of Humanity (Contra la Máquina. Sobre la desintegración de lo humano)

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Paul Kingsnorth's latest book #AgainstTheMachine has an interesting thesis.

Basically he says that the unstoppable rise of AI is the coming of the #antichrist from the bibical book of revelation.

Well if the #RaptureOfTheNerds ever does happen there will be a non-human intelligence that is superior to humans. I believe the terms weakly or strongly god-like are banded about by the "AI" adherents.

Its fairly obvious that the "AI" adherents are some form of cult. They behave like the followers of some bearded acid casualty living in the desert. They talk of "transcending" and "improving" humanity by merging our physical bodies and minds with machines. They want to make humanity anew in the image of what Kingsnorth calls "The Machine".

Kingsnorth himself is a convert to Orthodox Christianity from paganism and talks widely about his faith. He asks this question of the "AI" cultists, "What if this is not a metaphor?" Is the rise of "AI" really the actual return of the Adversary (as the devil / Satan) used to be called before Islamic eschatology was adsorbed into Christianity. Is the rapture of the nerds and the biblical rapture the same thing?

I am not a religious person whatsoever. I note the similarities in the use of language and metaphor between Christians and "AI" cultists. I guess the "AI" cultists are by and large Christian as many of them are from the former USA. They are steeped in the language, metaphor and culture of the Christian Church. Its easy for them to co-opt the language from the Church into "AI". Its also noticeable that #AntiAI people like me use religious language and metaphors. I call the "AI" #techbros cultists after all.

I am very concerned about the damage "AI" is wreaking in the technological, social, environmental, political and more aspects of human life. I think "AI" should be killed with fire right now. "Take off an nuke the site from orbit, its the only way to be sure" is a good idea in my book. Stop using and creating "AI" right now. Bury it deep underground like nuclear waste. Its just as dangerous after all.

I would like to see an debate between Paul Kingsnorth and Peter Theil. They both talk about the coming of the antichrist a great deal. Theil and Palantir can be seen the pinnacle of Kingsnorth's Machine in flesh and code form. I wonder if Theil has even heard of Kingsnorth and his book?

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