Split the atom, rewire the sapiens brain
individual is dividual, divide the divine
duo, narrative and experience hemispheres
tecno-humanism maybe a few
additional change to sapiens genome
another rewiring of the brain surface
to launch immortality, bliss and divinity
first cognitive revolution, Man, access
to intersubjective realm, we rule
the planet, second cognitive revolution
from Sapiens to Deus, access to unimaginable
new realms, we're Lords of the galaxy
selective breeding, ethnic cleansing
were Hitler's tools in an ilk attempt
to create superhumans, with genetic
engineering, with nanotechnology
with brain-computer interface, the
twenty-first-century tecno-humanism
hopes to reach there more peacefully
gap the mind, revamp the nerves
manipulate the senses, sense the Man
in a mysterious sea without a map
explore the mysterious lands of mind
dig and polish the bones of the
empireless, the spaceshipless, the
Pyramidless, the smartphoneless
Neanderthal, elicit its neurons, revive
its bigger brain that the sapiens craves
much, to understand what is it like to
be a bat, how does it feel to ecolocate
a moth flapping its wings, for sapiens,
love is red, envy is green, depression
is blue, lying is grey, hate is black,
happiness is white, tame the limbic
system, quieten the left hemisphere,
mute the deep and complex emotions
Homo Sapiens is Homer Simpson
with very intricate patterns that even
philosophers seem unable to fathom
are the emotional domains of human
inferior to bats, whales, owls in the
ecosystem? Manufacture new states of
consciousness, map out new senses,
conceive tecno-humanism and the
superhuman is born to nanotechnology
ridicule the molecules, react to chemical reaction
fear of missing out is a modern illness
caused by smartphones and social media
we live a grey life where paying attention
is mental illness, dreaming is a mental
garbage instead of a subconscious
message, for the capitalist political and
economic systems, this is worth it, check
your email and be productive at work,
for millions of years as enhanced
chimpanzees, Man is heading to become
oversized ants, of the biochemical rituals
of inner voices, humanism says, "listen
to yourself", the technological process
says, "control the inner chaos, noise",
understanding the biochemical process
means playing with the switches
with the right information and data
dataism venerates neither God nor Man
How do our authentic selves win over
the numerous brainwashing we underwent?
How does the moment's temptation
cause us to betray ourselves?
Or perhaps there's simply no such thing
as an authentic self that we can follow
or betray? Once we can design and
redesign our will, could we see it as
the ultimate source of all meaning
and authority? If we could choose our
desires, on what basis could we
possibly make such choices?
By Lamin Drammeh
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