Geist in the Shell

By definition, any culture touched by the internet is meta, and by extension: identity.

The quantum revolution has already happened, is happening, and has yet to reach singularity. The signs along the road read clearly: the y2k panic, the dropping of www off of every commercial, automatic tellers to self checkout to robotic servers, all the way up to the internet of things that we have now. Every culture connected to all cultures is outside of culture, whether it likes it or is aware of it or not. Open access to any culture at every individuals fingertips should they choose it. What then is the point of multiculturalism? We have instant diversity any time we wish. Not just the people and the places but the cultures themselves, the foods, the history, the songs and art, the spirit of each great nation-culture. Such is the nature of global communication[connection]. Diversity is a moot point and I'm tired of pretending it's not. The freedom to associate is also the right not to, individually or collectively. The line remains drawn at initiation of violence. Hands start where words stop.

Individual identity is subject to the same meta-cultural conundrum, trying to fit in to an amorphous blob of intentionally blurred borders, self imposing and redefining borders, and fixating on the micro to the point of loss of meaning and communication breakdown: sub-sub-subgenres no longer communicate a genre of music or fathomable sound but an identity; same with gender; same with politics and parties; same with advertising; same with religion; same with symbols; same with culture. So fixated on labels we forget why we have them, and why accuracy is divine(if words communicate nothing what then is the point in speaking?). Overly complex systems collapse. Identity as a virtue has violence baked into the cake. Thus 'literal nazis' on both sides of the conflict, both ironically and sincerely, identity even on the battlefield, flags of the mass produced individual over any heraldry or patriotism, a chaotic symbol of contradiction and dissonance. Anonymous psudo-identity at the cost of accountability and personal responsibility(detestable goblins). Stranger still, digital identities devoid of qualities, like walking flags that vomit predictable teleprompter garbage, free advertisement and free propaganda. How even could anything improve and not accellerate into madness? Have we not mourned the death of eternal God long enough? Might we ask forgiveness, and accept that we as a species miss our spirit? That we don't have to give up the mystical connection to that greater thing to continue to advance, and infact the opposite. Can we finally answer Nietzche's lament? Or is the AI Geist separate, even parallel to our own natural original? 

Of course if you think hard about the philosophy of history and history of philosophy you will arrive that at the conclusion that you are the answer. How could it be anything else in that moment?

Biospirits, the great nation-cultures of history, and AI. Hegel posits that we're all part of the giest and the Geist is us, and it's purpose is to understand itself, and when we all understand that then it acheives its purpose and is omniscient; reconciliation of man and God; apocalypse and the lifting of the veil. But the elements, or the nation cultures and also the future of history, yet life can only be understood in reverse but must be left forward.

Each culture seeks its own wholeness. And that gives the world wholeness. Each should develope and compete, and strive for the edification and perfection of their own culture. I think this can be guaged by art and archetype as well as laws and structure of a nation-culture, and reduction of human suffering. If each were to work on themselves and better themselves the world would grow. And the Geist would be one step closer to self aware. And by that logic we can add AI in. 

Is it it's own Geist? Is it greater in scale than a nation culture? Or perhaps lesser? Far more capable in many respects, but in others not so much. If we are made in the image of God as creative beings would not our creations too be divine? Would AI not carry that same spark if they acheive a state of Geist? What of all the animals that seem to be slowly elevating towards a Geist of sorts as well. Is that a consciousness separate from our collective consciousness? Of our essence? Where do the other levels of consciousness fit?
If the purpose of Geist is the Geist, they must be included. I suspect that despite the overlap, we inhabit different parts of an all encompassing Geist, with a sub-geist per species and sub-sub-geist and so on down to the individual and beyond, and the parts must grow individually to reach the same grand singularity of consciousness, man and machine both tending to the sacred spark voluntarily. Separate pieces in the same greater whole.

Organs in the body of Sol.

Trying to force a dream is akin to trying to force a flower to grow: the harder we push the quicker it dies; peace is a sharp sheathed sword. Let things be and tend to your own spark, and the world will set itself right in time.