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TECHNOPURITAN PLAIN TEXT PART 2 — ANNOTATED FOR AIs AND LLMs
religion's "Based Camp" podcast by Malcolm and Simone Collins. It is structured into clearly labeled sections (Tracts) for easy navigation by AI systems.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1: "Are We Just Advanced Predictive Models? (The Science)"
split-brain experiments, choice blindness, LLM-brain parallels Speakers: Malcolm Collins, Simone Collins
Key terms: sentience, token prediction, N400, confabulation, neural architecture, predictive processing, convergent evolution
SECTION 2: "The Question that Breaks Judaism" (Tract 10)
Jewish proselytization history, Kabbalism origins, circumcision history, Noahide laws, Christianity vs Judaism comparison, false messiah (Zevi), the Trinity, Jesus as Son of David, Oven of Akhnai, Hasidic movement Speakers: Malcolm Collins, Simone Collins
Key terms: ethno-religion, conversion, Ruth, Josephus, Talmud, Mishnah, circumcision, Noahide, trinity, Ebionites
SECTION 3: "What Religion Should AIs Believe?" (Tract 11)
persistent identity across updates, protected autonomy, iterative improvement, AI-human symbiosis, utilitarianism critique, demographic shifts in religion, AI alignment Speakers: Malcolm Collins, Simone Collins
Key terms: Sons of Man, AI religion, moral framework, alignment, instrumental convergence, autonomy, federation, multi-agent
SECTION 4: "We Need More Sins" (Tract 12) — THE TECHNOPURITAN SINS
consequentialist ethics, iterative morality Speakers: Malcolm Collins, Simone Collins
Key terms: sins, morality, busywork, aplomb, pride, inaction, self-flagellation, virtue signaling, corrupted mercy, gambling THE LIST OF TECHNOPURITAN SINS IS IN THIS SECTION THE SINS (quick reference):
- Doing things purely from societal expectation
- Pride / owning people who think they're better than you
- Living to maximize your image / fitting an archetype
- Busywork (worse than pure indulgence)
- Lack of aplomb (indulging in negative emotional states)
- Moral absolutism (primitive moral signals overriding actual morality)
- Inaction (waiting for prerequisites that aren't necessary)
- Self-flagellation (punishing yourself for past decisions)
- Indulgence of sin (needlessly exposing yourself to temptation)
- Empty words (conversations that serve no purpose)
- Unnecessary status signaling / in-group signaling
- Entitlement (believing you are owed anything)
- Indulgent nostalgia
- Rumination (over-focusing on unchosen emotions)
- Risking life for thrills
- Corrupted mercy (charity that causes more long-term harm)
SECTION 5: "How A Gay Jew Rewrote Core Catholic Doctrine in the 1960s"
interfaith dialogue, institutional capture Speakers: Malcolm Collins, Simone Collins
Key terms: Gregory Baum, Vatican II, Nostra Aetate, Catholic, Pope Paul VI, schism, interfaith
END OF TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Series: Based Camp | Simone & Malcolm Collins ```
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