Joe Allen

Joe Allen


  • September 28, 2021

    Elon Musk’s Crusade to Save You -- By Destroying Your Humanity

    Elon Musk seems like the sort of transhumanist you can trust. Sure, he wants to jam Neuralink chips into our brains so we can keep pace with the AI systems his programmers are creating. And yes, his cozy relationship with the Chinese Communist Party ...

  • July 23, 2021

    The Left's Global Superbrain

    The dominant metaphors of the modern era have shifted from the heavens to cyberspace. Human beings are no longer the fallen image of God or a microcosm of the Taoist cosmos. Our brains are now likened to computers; our bodies to machines. Hence, the ...

  • June 25, 2021

    Technocrats Want Us to Pray to Machines

    If God is dead, praying to machines is permitted—perhaps even necessary. And if God is not dead? Well, you can pray to machines, anyway. That appears to be the technocratic plan as we move into the future. As with many such dreams, it overlooks...

  • June 14, 2021

    Should We Trust the Medical Priesthood or Their Machines?

    We trust skilled physicians with our lives for good reason. But even the best doctors wouldn’t demand unconditional faith. Anyone who’s had a serious misdiagnosis, or received a damaging treatment, knows the staff of Hermes is no sign of ...