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This is Not a Simulation
The computer simulation hypothesis reveals how the American liberal elite questions everything except the insufficiency of liberalism itself
By Carmen Petaccio August 1, 2017
ASK a liberal who is to blame for Trumpism and guilt falls everywhere but on their own shoulders. From domestic election fraud to Russian foreign conspiracies, liberals have desperately fidgeted their way through every possible explanation for their seemingly inexplicable November defeat. The months since the election of Donald Trump have played host to a brilliant array of liberal delusions, a collective delirium that has led the American center-left to question everything—literally everything—except its own flawed ideology.
In fact, the search for an accurate theory that has nothing to do with liberal modes of thought stretches beyond the reaches of space-time. For luminaries like Elon Musk and the New Yorker's Adam Gopnik, political disruptions such as Brexit and Trump's presidency aren't symptoms of the entropy-addled economic and social system known as neoliberalism. Rather, they are simply further evidence that we're living inside of an advanced computer simulation created by aliens. Indeed, it is easier for the greatest minds in our society to imagine extraterrestrials developing this material world as a game than to conceive of any substantive change to the status quo. But it is the liberals who are the aliens, determining our brutal human reality by perpetuating destructive lies created and sustained entirely by themselves.
The "simulation hypothesis" officially dates to a 2003 academic paper by Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom, but its underlying appeal belongs to the realm of basement conspiracy theories. And while some of these theories, those presented as purely hypothetical, make for a worthwhile thought experiment, others exert a dangerous draw on minds starved for concise, all-encompassing explanations for inherently complicated phenomena, offering superiority and certainty to those who feel devalued in uncertain times—whether they're technocratic elites or members of the dwindling working class.
With its hallowed academic origins and techno-philosophical underpinnings, simulation theory circumvents many of the commonsense doubts that disqualify less intellectually inclined claims of alien abductions, magic bullets, and a flat earth. It lends an air of seriousness to yet another pointless debate, one that steals thought and energy away from addressing materialist concerns such as wealth distribution, affordable-housing shortages, and access to basic needs like clean water. Whereas basement conspiracy theorists howl from the fringes of the internet, the relative respectability of simulation theory allows personalities like Musk and Gopnik to peddle conspiracy from the center outward, from the stages of Code Conference and in the pages of the New Yorker. Their inane positions are undergirded by rhetoric, visibility, and the benefit of the doubt afforded by cultural capital.
Given tech and media's steadfast faith in technocracy, as well as a government comprising the best minds in STEM, it isn't surprising that the simulation argument holds sway with the highest echelons of both industries. There has always been a common language of innovation shared by the arts and tech, a linguistic connection recently made literal by patronage projects like Amazon Studios. The art and the app worlds occupy similar spaces in the current American consciousness, generating products of suspect practical value but great cultural renown and mystique, from Banksy and Snapchat to Jeff Koons and Juciero. One reason why the simulation hypothesis is so attractive for both the tech industry and the media industry is that tech titans like Jeff Bezos are glorified as public intellectuals once were. A simulated reality would be the ultimate symbiosis of tech and media: Living in a well-written prestige dramedy as the endgame for all technocrats, no matter their field. Most technocrats already live in this constructed reality in gentrified New York City and San Francisco, that is, a faux-enlightened, luxury-condo hell.
Whether true or false, the simulation hypothesis changes next to nothing about life on earth, and therein lies the theory's appeal for the liberal elite: it's futurism without a substantially different future, progressivism sans meaningful progress, a flash forward to the end of history that bypasses suffering through the present. Simulation theory is the eternal continuation of the same system that entitles Elon Musk, a billionaire seventeen times over, to stop his factory workers at Tesla from forming a union. It empowers Condé Nast, the multinational media corporation who signs Adam Gopnik's checks, to exist in a perpetual state of layoffs. Why would the few who benefit from this bankrupt arrangement ever want it to end? So far, the aliens that developed the simulation of this world have rigged the game in their favor.
In response to the confusion that surrounded the end of this year's Academy Awards, when La La Land was presented with the Award for Best Picture that in fact belonged to Moonlight, Gopnik penned an article cheekily titled, "Did the Oscars Just Prove That We Are Living in a Computer Simulation?" Building on Joshua Rothman's earlier New Yorker piece, "What Are the Odds We Are Living in a Computer Simulation?", which examined Elon Musk's regard for the simulation hypothesis with a degree of skepticism, Gopnik's frenetic piece takes the analysis many steps further. He frames the Best Picture mishap, Trump's election, and the New England Patriots' improbable Super Bowl LI comeback as proof that something is amiss in our engineered reality. "There's a glitch, and we are in it," Gopnik writes. "Once this insight is offered, it must be said, everything else begins to fall in order."
It should be noted that it was a clerical error at an award show, and not decades of unnecessary war, mounting inequality, or systemic violence that drove Mr. Gopnik to reconsider his reality. Even if he wrote the piece with his tongue firmly in cheek, the sentiment of liberal hopelessness that informs the writing reads as genuine, in line with the wishful doom saying that serves as catharsis for the performatively traumatized under Trump. You can hear this vacuous outrage echoed in the helpless online cries of "This. Is. Not. Normal," which emanate from the same platforms that enabled Trump's election in the first place. The winking dread of Gopnik's piece tips its hat to that same liberal blind spot, conceding that while horrors did come to pass before Trump—"wars, plagues, Gilligan's Island"—the "basic logic of the enfolding program seemed sound."
"America is already great," as the prevailing delusion goes, and only stopped being so once Trump was elected and the ugliest aspects of America, suppressed during the Obama years, were made manifest. Because liberals have been living in a false reality—the illusory America of progress, equality, civility, and fairness—and now that they have a chance to address the horrors that this delusion ignored—mass deportations, extrajudicial drone strikes, and corporate overreach—they've chosen instead a wilder fantasy. They've chosen, in other words, to blame the aliens.
After reading "Did the Oscars Just Prove That We're Living in a Computer Simulation?," what begins to take shape isn't the irrefutability of the simulation hypothesis, but the possibility that Gopnik and other liberals are amenable to its claims because they already lead a life that may as well be virtual. The promise of a false world appeals to these liberals because they occupy societal enclaves without material stakes, a pleasant fiction whose stability depends not on meaningful forms of artistic expression or civic engagement, but on the operational smoothness of award shows or the flakiness of croissants in the 16th arrondissement. For this class, a newfound faith in alien overlords is tied inextricably to a longstanding fear of unforeseen upheavals (such as class war) becoming the norm. The incrementalist imagination depends on an inability to envision radical societal change, sudden hard turns to the left or right, which makes recent history all the more destabilizing for liberals. Gopnik's winking tone belies an evident fear. At the end of his article, he hopes that our alien masters will locate and fix whatever technical difficulties are causing these glitches, before plunging back into the superficial despair of someone whose life stands to not change at all. "Expect the worst," he writes. "Oh, wait. It's already happened."
In Philip K. Dick's 1966 short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale," certain aspects of simulation theory, like the concept of nested simulations that suggests there is no way to prove the existence of a simulated reality, are used to tell the story of Quaid, a lowly clerk who pays to have false memories of a Martian adventure implanted in his brain. He cannot afford to pay for the actual trip, so he settles for a convincing, cheaper facsimile. As the purchased fiction becomes indistinguishable from his reality, Quaid learns that he is part of an intergalactic conspiracy wherein visiting aliens decide to spare the human race from enslavement after observing Quaid's unheralded compassion. Today, with the colonization of Mars impending thanks in large part to Elon Musk, the dreams of alien game developers provide moneyed liberals with the same reassurance this implanted knowledge provided Quaid: a belief in an ordered moral universe, one fundamentally at odds with contemporary political chaos.
As Bostrom concluded in his original paper on simulation theory, "Unless we are now living in a simulation, our descendants will almost certainly never run an ancestor-simulation." This is a fine, if speculative, tautology, but it fully misdates the origins of our current simulated reality, which is created by people in the now: the wealthy, educated, and influential liberals who ponder omnipresent alien influence while dismissing their own. Entertaining these present-future fictions only distracts from the imperative deconstruction of our present ones. Liberals are the glitch, and once you realize it, everything falls into order.
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***Clarification: My comment about Chicago doesn't read the way it sounded in my head. Chicago's one of my favorite cities, and the people are generally great. My point was that it votes way to the left of the country as a whole. Way. Sorry to my Chicago friends. It's still a great town.*** Everyone is blogging about this asshat. Blackfive had it first. For my part, I've e-mailed him the message below. I want to buy him a custom-made t-shirt to show off to his friends. I'm open to ideas.
I just read about your petty liberal hate crime against a U.S. Marine.
I hope you've had time to reflect on the immaturity and criminality of your despicable act. I hope you have come to realize that the worst Marine garners more admiration and respect from decent people than does the noblest lawyer. I hope you are embarrassed for your crime, and I hope your family is duly humiliated by sharing a name and genes with you.
This publicity might help your practice: Chicago is filled with brainless liberals who couldn't point to the United States on a map of the United States. But I hope it forces you into a new line of work. I hope your current clients bail and prospective client shun.
If you find yourself out of work, I understand the Marine Corps recruiting offices would be happy to talk to you about opportunties to serve your country. You'll get more satisfaction out of that than out of serving yourself.
Red Alerts: **Corrected Link*** Scumbag Windy City Lawyer Jay R. Grodner was caught red handed vandalizing the parked car of a ... gets worse however, the damage to the car was assessed at $2400 making Grodner's little display of nutrootery a felony.
From the Halls to the Shores: some gutless wonder keyed a deploying Marine's car to the tune of felony damages and thinks he can get away with it because he's an attorney. And this ain't his first rodeo - he has a history of douchebaggery.
I guess the Marines wouldn't take this pantywaste after all.
***UPDATE*** Grodner was guilty of vote fraud (forging petitions) in 1984.


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Couple wanted for remote land rental
veg-head | Land Rental | June 7, 2020
A unique opportunity to rent a large open space with amazing views and good quality land for growing food has opened up in the Welsh countryside.
An ecological group from Brighton is planning to create residential smallholdings in Gower, Swansea, and is seeking long term tenant farmers.
If you are yearning to escape the daily grind in the city, this once in a lifetime chance could be your way out.
The Ecological Land Cooperative – Furzehill site is looking for two tenant farmers who will live in a mobile home before eventually being able – with planning consent -to build a modestly-sized, environmentally-friendly home each, Wales Online reports.
The grassland site has mains water connection but it is expected that the smallholders would live off-grid, using coppiced wood for winter heating.
They'd grow fruit and veg -including in greenhouses and polytunnels -look after hedgerows and newly-created ponds, and could rear animals.
Temporary accommodation would also be provided near the barn for two volunteers.
Normally, development in the open countryside is very restricted, but the ELC has applied to Swansea Council for permission under the Welsh Government's one planet development planning guidance.
This guidance describes such schemes as low-impact development which "either enhances or does not significantly diminish environmental quality", and said they must have a management plan.
In a planning statement, the ELC said the chosen smallholders would lease the land but could not sub-let it.
It added that the site would be tied to ecological farming in perpetuity.
The report said: "In addition to their many ecological benefits, the ELC's small farm developments increase access to local fresh food, benefit the local economy and help to address a lack of affordable rural housing and an ageing rural population."
The Furzehill site in the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty AONB is just under 18 acres, with five of those already leased to a local food and veg cooperative called Cae Tan CSA.
The ELC said careful consideration had been given to meet AONB requirements, such as low buildings and additional planting to screen them.
Courses and annual open days would be held, it said, with the community benefiting from an extra locally-grown produce option.
In a separate planning document, the ELC said a lot of food consumed in the UK was grown under plastic sheeting in arid areas of Morocco and Spain.
In Wales, most one planet development applications to date have been in west Wales.
Last year, Pembrokeshire councillor Huw George said he was concerned these developments were not being monitored strictly enough, while farmers weren't allowed to build cottages for their children on their land.
Cllr George told BBC Wales: "Something has to be done to tighten this policy, to make sure there's a level playing field for those who live and work in this area."
Sonia Sinahan, ELC operations manager, said: "We monitor our small farms every year.
"We think this will provide reassurance and back-up for the local planning authority."
She added that the two tenants would probably apply to the council to build a permanent home after about three years.
"It could be a straw bale house, or maybe a 'hobbit' house," she said, referring to a tiny home made from rammed earth or recycled materials.
3 Responses to "Couple wanted for remote land rental"
James usher
I am extremely interested in the opportunity. It would be a dream come true for me to be able to create a farm from scratch.
Clive Mark Staples
Hi My wife and I are seeking a plot of land where we can live off grid sustainably. we have 2 young children whom we home educate. how suitable do you think this scheme would be for a family like us? many thanks Clive
Dave Fabian
This is a fantastic opportunity.
We look forward to following developments .

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Open source news: June 6 - 12, 2015
Swift 2.0 is open source, ApacheCon: Big Data, and more open source news
12 Jun 2015 Joshua Allen Holm (Correspondent) Feed
In this week's edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at Apple open sourcing Swift, ApacheCon splitting into two events, and more!
Apple releasing Swift 2.0 as open source
Apple announced at their World Wide Developer's Conference that they would be making their Swift programming language open source. Swift serves as a successor to Objective C for programming applications in Apple's software development ecosystem, but the plans to open source Swift also include support for Linux. At present, specific details, such as which license will be used and exactly how much of Swift will be open, are still unknown.
Apple's announcement has generated a great deal of response this week, ranging from positive to fairly skeptical. Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of the Linux Foundation, views the announcement as a win for developers. In an article for FOSS Force, Larry Cafiero is more skeptical, pointing out that "[Swift is] an internal programming language that currently only benefits...Apple." Cafiero also has concerns with the fact that Apple has not said what license Swift will be released under. Finally, Wired argues that "Open Sourcing Is No Longer Optional, Not Even for Apple" in an article that, in part, explores recent trends in open source programming languages, including Google's Go, Mozilla's Rust, and even Microsoft's recent opening of its .NET framework.
ApacheCon is splitting into two events
Starting with this autumn's ApacheCon in Budapest, ApacheCon will be splitting into two events, ApacheCon: Core and Apache: Big Data. The two conferences will take place in the same location with one event taking place right after the other, but they will have difference focuses. ApacheCon: Core will be a broad-focused event that covers a wide range Apache Foundation projects, while the Apache: Big Data event will focus exclusively on Apache's big data projects, like Hadoop. Expanding big data into its own conference allows for more diverse talks, meaning Apache: Big Data will feature talks that are more end-user focused in addition to the usual sessions for developers and engineers.
OSHWA's Open Source Hardware Certification proposal
Open Electronics reported that the Open Source Hardware Association is working on creating a certification for OSHWA hosted open hardware projects. OSHWA is seeking input on the initial draft of their proposal. June 26 is the deadline for the first round of comments. If necessary, there will be a revised proposal and a second round of comments. The finished certification is scheduled to be released at Open Hardware Summit 2015 in September.
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Google's Dart concedes defeat to JavaScript, moves to GitHub
Docker certification program eyes long-term partnerships
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A few years ago – I can't even remember when – I requested an invitation for Amazon Merch. Back then, it was every POD designer's dream to directly upload designs to Amazon and sell t-shirts through the vast Amazon Marketplace. It was way before copycats nagged us with constantly ripping off our work.
Anyway, I had requested an invitation which never got granted. So a few weeks ago I stumbled across it once more and signed up. A few days later they welcomed me and asked me about my tax information. Lucky me had requested an ITIN years ago to avoid tax reduction on Smashwords and therefore, my w8ben forms are very easy to fill out.
In the future, you can expect some tips and tricks regarding Amazon Merch and the Marketplace, not only about copyright infringements and how to fight them. So stay tuned!


19There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.27Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:28For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.29Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.30And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.31And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
This is a parable that Jesus told us. All what we know about hell, we know it from Jesus. And if we read the gospel we will be surprised that Jesus has spoke more about hell than heaven. Well it is not to frighten them but to warn them. One thing we know for sure is that heaven is a reality, if so then Hell is also a reality. Well after going through these scriptures, i very much longed to ask Jesus this one question. What was that terrible sin the rich man did that he ended up in hell. I really wanted to know. Well the reason why i need to know the mistake that the rich man had committed is because i do not want to commit the same mistake what he had done. Yes i really want to know so that i can refrain from the same mistake which he had committed. Well i know now that many of you want to know that too. Let us go to each verse from 19 to 31. Verse 19 says that he was rich. Well i do not believe that being rich would be a reason to be in hell. Even though the Bible says it is difficult for a rich man to enter heaven, the Bible also tells us that God made Abraham rich, and he blessed Job with riches, and he blessed Solomon with riches. Riches can be blessing when u become rich righteously and you give God according to what the Bible commands. So let me tell you it is not because he was rich that he went to hell. Now the Bible again tell us that he was clothed in purple and fine linen. Well may be he was very fashionable. May be he loved to wear beautiful clothes every day and he had a fine collection of clothes. Well now again i don't think this was a reason why we would end up in hell. Lets read on further. We understand that the rich man had plenty of food, because the poor man lazarus knew he could get something that would fall from his table. May be he had eaten a lot. Maybe he wasted a lot. But still i don't find it convincing to believe that he went to hell because he ate much food or he ate the best food. Now let us move out of the palace. Here we see the poor man lazarus. He was in a very terrible condition. he had sores all around his body. The Scriptures very clearly says that dogs licked from his sores. If you can visualize that in you mind, now you know what state he was in. Well he was indeed suffering day and night. Scripture says he was at the gate of the rich man. The Bible never said that the poor man said his daily prayers or the bible never mentioned he praised God amist his troubles. Well we find no reason why the poor man went to heaven or Abraham's Bosom in the word.
Having read all what i have written above, i am sure by now u really want to know the terrible sin that he had commited. I too want you to know what that was. Before that let me tell you one thing. I couldn't find a single mistake from the rich man by his life style and by what he did. Nor did i find a good thing that the poor man has done to be in heaven.
Well dear brothers and sisters, it is not that he did a bad thing, that he ended up in hell, But it is the good things that he din't do that got him there in hell. Yes many of us live a life not hurting others, not being a trouble for others, not bothering others. You believe you live a good life because you stay away from others. Remember what Jesus said to us, "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels, For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink, I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not." Well if this is the case then how many of us would be condemned. I think the Rich man was too kind enough to let the poor man lie near his gate as people nowadays would not even bother to allow a man of this agony anywhere near by.
Dear Brothers and Sisters, living a life not troubling others alone won't help you attain eternity. But to live a life what Jesus wants us to live would indeed help us inherit the Kingdom prepared for us from the foundation of the world. May God Open your minds to Understand the Scriptures and help you live the way he wants us to live.
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Holy Child and St Martin Senior Historical-Educational Excursion at Cypress Lawn in Colma through Caryl Mulchand, VP on Sales and Marketing.
HCSM received a $5,000 grant from Darby Betts Foundation in support to our Senior Ministry transportation. Thanks to the Rev. Rebecca Goldberg for the application and follow up. HCSM, through the effort of our building manager Malissa Mitchell received the amount of $5,000 from Stevan Davidovich and the Friday morning men's Christian Bible study group for the children's room renovation and the fellowship hall project.
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From left: Hailey Oakes, Taylor Johnson, Jaden Fernandez, CJ Johnson, Jaden Fernandez, Leighland Pailano, Christian Pailano, Christian Parangan, Gerri Mack, Gelli Mack and Bishop Marc at the back.


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