No. Mitigating suffering is always the better call. Gaining more time for resistance makes a positive difference. Accelerationism just means more dead people, sooner.
December 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
No. Mitigating suffering is always the better call. Gaining more time for resistance makes a positive difference. Accelerationism just means more dead people, sooner.
I’m so sorry for your loss. My mother died of COVID-adjacent causes on 9/3/20. We’ve never figured out a formal memorial service. But the mourning goes deep and persists. Thank you for writing this lament & sharing it again now. If only we had better ways to carry, & address, these awful betrayals.
December 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I’m so sorry for your loss. My mother died of COVID-adjacent causes on 9/3/20. We’ve never figured out a formal memorial service. But the mourning goes deep and persists. Thank you for writing this lament & sharing it again now. If only we had better ways to carry, & address, these awful betrayals.
Thanks for the link & prompt. Non-scientist here in any professional way (though IMO we all use the basic tools of science informally). But I’m stopped by the assertions we’re likely someday to cure cancer and to be able to “choose immortality.” Maybe the former; the latter seems inappropriate.
December 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Thanks for the link & prompt. Non-scientist here in any professional way (though IMO we all use the basic tools of science informally). But I’m stopped by the assertions we’re likely someday to cure cancer and to be able to “choose immortality.” Maybe the former; the latter seems inappropriate.
Yeah I can see your point. It’s a term I’ve seen used in describing the sometimes deadly, unlawful acts of police, which seems a close parallel here. To be clear, they are equally as unjust.
December 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Yeah I can see your point. It’s a term I’ve seen used in describing the sometimes deadly, unlawful acts of police, which seems a close parallel here. To be clear, they are equally as unjust.
Not so. You see someone replied below listing other countries with birthright citizenship. More to the point: It is part of the bedrock of *this* country, part of the U.S. Constitution, and reaffirmed for *all* through the 14th Amendment. Challenging it violates core principles of our society.
December 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Not so. You see someone replied below listing other countries with birthright citizenship. More to the point: It is part of the bedrock of *this* country, part of the U.S. Constitution, and reaffirmed for *all* through the 14th Amendment. Challenging it violates core principles of our society.