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these are all headlines from the last two months.

millennials rebelled against religion and now gen z is rebelling against the nihilism that the millennial rebellion left behind.

thought i sat with for a while: 
society is declining because we lost god

realisation: 
we lost structure, and religion provides structure at scale

without it:
– most never replace the structure
– drift in a void of infinite options and no direction
– no rituals, no anchor, no eye above
– end up worshipping lesser gods (consumerism, identity cults, politics)

religion is a proxy for long-term thinking, a scaffold that makes:
– sacrifice mean something
– morality feel seen, even when no one is watching
– chaos survivable

religion is mass orchestration
and most are just noise without a conductor

imagining a world where ai reunites humanity
⟢ /whimsio coded

this is the essence of the critique of postmodernism, and i don't disagree. not sure about where causation lies tho. i think it's probably natural in the evolution of a species

gen z religion is christianity without christ

i think religion or spirituality will def make a comeback, but it wont be w gen z. might take another generation or two

trying to work out whether christianity w/o christ is +ev or -ev

feels like it should be a good thing? got the morals and values w/o the indoctrination

but it's also devoid of the spiritual aspect

i think religion or spirituality will def make a comeback, but it wont be w gen z. might take another generation or two https://warpcast.com/zd/0xeee5a42f

yeah agree — i don't think i'm necessarily saying that we need to bring religion back, more so that we need something that unifies us (and i think gen z + religion is an attempt at that)

world computer is my belief system