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Over the past 30 years weve seen the exponential growth of computing technology change our lives in countless ways. It has done a lot to make our lives easier by increasing productivity, creating new job opportunities, and offering the greatest communication tool in human history, the internet.

But it has also come at a great cost to our humanity. Our gadgets are hurting us in a ways that were only just beginning to understand. They cause stress, depression, eye problems, back pain, and they are one of the biggest drivers of the sedentary lifestyle since the invention of the television. They leave adults socially isolated as they click away on their smartphones, oblivious to the world around them, and they make our children emotionally stunted and socially awkward. And for the icing on the cake, these devices can be very addictive as well.

But for a handful of people, our technological progress has no downside. Theyre not only planning to fully embrace the gadgets of the future, they plan on augmenting their bodies with any piece of technology that they think will help make them smarter, stronger, or live longer. I cant say I blame them, since these are attributes that all humans want, but their beliefs read like the fever dream of a science fiction writer.

Theyre known as Transhumanists, and they believe that the human race will soon be a thing of the past. The lynchpin of their ideology is a hijacking of Moores Law, the idea that computer technology is and will always double exponentially on a regular basis, and will continue to do so until we enter The Singularity.

This is their utopia. Their heaven in the sky. The moment when technological progress and artificial intelligence supasses human reasoning. This point will supposedly usher in a new era of peace and an astounding standard of living, as humans merge with machines, gain immortality, and explore the universe. But first, we have to abandon our humanity before we can step into the light of progress.

This Transhumanist manifesto sounds like a religion for atheists, which it is. While there are some religious folks who have supplemented their faith with these beliefs, the majority of the movement is populated by atheists and scientists, who are apparently lost on the irony of their situation. They spent their whole lives denying the existence of god, and criticizing his believers, only to find themselves embracing a technological cult that mirrors most religions, albeit in a purely physical rather than spiritual way.

And now their cult has taken on an additional characteristic that was traditional reserved for religions of a spiritual nature. Behold, the Transhumanist Church.

Earlier this month I received a Facebook invitation from an immortalist church in Florida: it was going to hold a ritual called Remembrance of the Resurrectables, a ceremony to commemorate those who had decided to have their bodies frozencryopreserved is the proper termafter their demise, in hopes that technology would at some point allow them to be reawoken.

Over live stream, the liturgy looked like a hybrid between a small church service and a lackluster business event. The officiator uttered a short but inspiring sermon about his conversion to immortalism. Then Bill Faloonthe founder of the church and a much more managerial speakertook the floor to give a presentation about the history of cryonics, using many PowerPoint slides in the process. The churchgoers rose and lit candles to pay tribute to those who had been brave enough to bet against deaths victory.

Loudspeakers pumped out songs like Alphavilles Forever Young. A screen showed pictures, names, and facts about people who had been cryopreserved (information about the cryonites first life cycles was the preachers wording). Finally, the officiator thanked everybody, including three cryonics companies who were involved in the event, and said goodbye.

Their faith has even adopted traditional symbols, and has their very own prophet. I would have guessed their prophet would be Ray Kurzweil, but since hes still alive, maybe theyre saving him to be their messiah at a later date.

It has a symbol (a fiery phoenix) and a prophet (Nikolai Fedorov, a 19th century Russian philosopher who advocated immortality and resurrection of the dead), and holds a monthly service during which experts such as gerontologist Aubrey de Grey or entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt are invited to speak about longevity science. According to its mission, the church wants to help in the advancement of indefinite life extension not only because its desirable but also because its what the Creator planned for humanity to accomplish.

Fortunately, they at least recognize that their is no proof that their dream will ever come to fruition. Thus, their movement relies on faith, rather than knowledge.

We have faith that we dont have to die, he explained to me in a phone call. That we have, on this planet and at this time, people and technologies that will give us the opportunity to not have to die. But our belief is a faith [because] theres no proof in todays technology that well be able to extend indefinitely our lives.

And of course, no self respecting religion would be complete without a bloody apocalyptic showdown, not unlike the Book of Revelations.

In his novel The Transhumanist Wager, Istvan envisions a future where transhumanism and religiosity clash in worldwide wars. He thinks thats no fantasy. As the technology catches up and people realize that a new kind of human beings would walk the planet, therell be clashes, he said. There will be a showdown, a battle between religion and transhumanist aims. Im 100 percent sure of it.

Im not one to crap all over someones religion, so I wont do it here. If this is what these people choose to believe, then more power to them. But I will say this: We live in an age of boundless technology that is granting us convenience at the cost of our humanity. We should approach our computers with moderation and humility, so that we may reap the benefits without losing ourselves.

But to throw caution to the wind, and blindly embrace technology and its warm promises of a new golden age, sounds like a perfect combination of human hubris, arrogance, and folly. If they want to be more like a religion, then I suggest they adopt Icarus as their mascot.

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Trans-humanist dystopia may not be that far away.In the future, humans are going to be artificially intelligent (AI). Google Director of Engineering (((Ray Kurzweil))) said, Well also be able to fully back up our brains.Were going to gradually merge and enhance ourselves. Our thinking then will be a hybrid of biological and non-biological thinking.

After tens of thousands of years of natural evolution, this wizard, Kurzweil, predicts that humans will become hybrids in the 2030s. That means our brains will be able to connect directly to the cloud, where there will be thousands of computers, and those computers will augment our existing intelligence. He said the brain will connect via nanobots tiny robots made from DNA strands.

Through the use of smart drugs, and what transhumanists call mind uploading, man will be able to merge with the internet, envisioned as the endpoint of occult (((Kabbalistic))) evolution, the formation of a collective consciousness, or Global Brain. That awaited moment is what Kurzweil refers to as The Singularity. The fact that this man is the key player running Google (now Alphabet) research couldnt be more damning.

Elon Musk, another technology guru, has an issue with AI.He told an audience at MIT we should be very careful about artificial intelligence, warning it may be our biggest existential threat and that with artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon.

Musk goes on to say that we could be living in a matrix. Since he comes across as an obtuse speaker, he can often be dismissed; but I believe what he meant is that there is enough already beingsimulated and holographed, that it starts to supersede base reality. It is mixed or augmented faux reality and thats an important distinction although to the person experiencing it, the difference may seem subtle or not even noticeable.

I point this synthetic reality out all the time on TNN and am convinced it is being heavily used by the Crime Syndicate and their media in stagecraft and skulduggery. There are many disbelievers (or even worse, those who just dont care) to this view. But if you have enough people using digital heroin who are addicted to holdable, wearable and implantable electronics, then they will be infected and live their lives in simulated, augmented, unnatural hive mind environments, hardly able to distinguish between truth and illusion.

AI is synonymous with total control, and we can only imagine who will play God and exercise this control on the transhumans on the plantation. The prospects should horrify any thinking person.

Layered on top of this is DARPAs Targeted Neuroplasticity Training program. This works to take advantage of the brains synaptic plasticity, its ability to continually rearrange its structures and functions in response to experiences, such as learning skills and cognitive skills. The basic idea is to stimulate peripheral nerves so they can trigger the release of certain molecules in the brain that cause neurons to rearrange themselves. Let me spell it out: Brain restructuring (aka mental programming and control) is the end of natural free will and defines a transhuman.

Transhumanism technology incorporates nano-technology, genetic modifications, drugs, robotics, bionics and cybernetic enhancements.The game being played here is to claim AI and brain hijacking has some specific narrow national defense or time saving purpose. But we know better. This is straight out of satanist Aldous Huxleys wildest hive minds vision of the future

Verdict: Beyond-the-pale dystopic criminality, evil and totally counter to the natural order. Transhumanism threatens the death of humanity beyond whats already occurred and should be a core issue for new nationalists.

Illustrating our challenge, a Pew Research poll found32 percent of people polled said they would want such implants if they could actually improve their brain function. How trusting. Only41 percent of respondents said they were somewhat worried about the potential effects of such technology, while another 28 percent said they were very worried. Twenty-five percent said they were somewhat enthusiastic and 9 percent were very enthusiastic about the concept. Only 28 percent very worried about being turned into a transhuman hive mind: we are in deep trouble ladies and gentlemen!

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"We were like you once, but now we are different... certain weaknesses have been removed."Related to the Earth All Along ending, and sort of like Was Once a Man for an entire species, this is where a group of alien/future creatures (typically those encountered by normal humans) are revealed to be the future evolutionary path of humanity. These creatures are often monstrous in appearance and behavior and this idea generally has a strong element of Humans Are the Real Monsters. Compare with Not Even Human; in this case, they are worse because they are. Note that there are occasional instances of uplifted humans who having experienced The Singularity are benevolent and god-like.Compare/contrast with Human All Along and Human Subspecies. Not to be confused with Ultraterrestrials. See also No Transhumanism Allowed and Transhuman.

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Digitalization is the new normal with disruptive waves to the economy, business models, consumer choices and demands.Today, we must acknowledge that we are either building a future of technological grandeur at the expense of what makes us magnificent, or we are building a future of human grandeur with the help of magnificent technology. The path we collectively choose will determine whether our future is bleak or bright.

We urge your commitment to #maketechhuman because technology shall serve people and not people serve technology. This is humanitys manifesto for choosing wisely:

To fully reap the benefits of digitalization and technology, all humans must have quality access to connectivity. Governments shall be committed to the expansion of next-generation smart infrastructure, and establish principles of technological neutrality, through a simplified, market-oriented, and transparent regulatory environment, and through incentives to invest in less profitable areas, as well as by fostering investments for skill and capacity building.

Securing the privacy of every human being is paramount to realizing the full potential of our future. Therefore, personal data conveyed over the Internet or stored in devices connected to the Internet is owned and solely governed by the individual. It is paramount to protect all citizens in the all-digital age.AI systems should use tools, including anonymized data, de-identification, or aggregation to protect personally identifiable information whenever possible.

An array of emerging digital threats may harm citizens. Users must trust that their personal and sensitive data is protected and handled appropriately. We strongly support the protection of the foundation of AI and other technologies, including source code, proprietary algorithms, and other intellectual property. We believe governments should avoid requiring companies to transfer or provide access to technology, source code, algorithms, or encryption keys as conditions for doing business. We encourage governments to use strong, globally-accepted and deployed cryptography and other security standards that enable trust and interoperability. We also promote voluntary information-sharing on cyberattacks or hacks to better enable consumer protection.

Respecting the authority and autonomy of every human being is paramount to realizing the full potential of our future. Therefore, personal digital data will not be used as research, rationale, enticement or commodity by any entity or individual, except with the explicit, well-informed, revocable consent of the individual owner of the data.

Improving the human condition is paramount to realizing the full potential of our future. Therefore, a universal code of ethics reflecting the highest order of human values will govern the development, implementation, and use of technology.

Advancing human faculties is paramount to realizing the full potential of our future. Therefore, to that end, the secure, approved, and accountable aggregation of personal information and resources to increase our individual abilities is a fundamental objective of technology.

Advocating and innovating the greatest good for all humanity is paramount to realizing the full potential of our future. Therefore, technology, no matter how advanced, will never supersede the spiritual purposes or the moral rights and responsibilities of any human being anywhere. Technology will serve humanitys needs.

Democratizing human vision, ingenuity, and education is paramount to realizing the full potential of our future. Therefore, technology will remain humanitys greatest collaborator but never represent humanity itself.

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One of the goals of any future White collective should be the evolution of a more advanced human type. This new man in the past has sometimes been referred to as the Ubermensch. I will use this term as well. I wanted to describe my own vision for the Ubermensch and where it fits with the White Path (1) religion that Ive been describing. I want to contrast this Ubermensch with the transhumanist vision that is pushed by the globalist elites and their ideological fellow travelers.

The starting point for my vision of the Ubermensch is with a physical description. The new man/woman would be a perfect physical specimen. The model for which can be found in athletes and models found in their respective fields today. The real challenging question is how much technology should be used in the creation of such specimens? This author prefers that while technology can be used, that much of the development of such bodies should still require that the individual work hard to obtain it. The discipline required to obtain a healthy body is part of the reason for obtaining it. While important, the physical attributes of the Ubermensch are really the least significant aspects.

The real importance lays in the mental and spiritual realms. An Ubermensch is a being that exemplifies the 9 noble virtues (2). This is being that can lead people. That has creative and problem solving abilities. This is a being who is highly motivated, but at the same time serene. This is a being who loves life and who loves the mission allotted to him/her by the Creator (3), but who will gladly sacrifice their life for the good of the mission. This is a being who cares little for material possessions. This is a being that desires mastery in their specialization within the collective White community. This is a being in-tuned with the Force/God and nature. This is a being constantly looking to improve him/herself, while being confident in who they are. This is a humble being. This is a being without ego. This is being whose intentions stem from a positive place (love, goodwill, kindness).

Achieving the Ubermensch will require an environment that could bring this person about. The White Path will be the most important institution in bringing this being about. The White Path will include the White gods in its theology that act as models of the Ubermensch. New mythologies will be written (or uncovered) that tell of these beings in action. The practice of meditation and contemplation will be a major part of producing such beings. The educational institutions will also be important in bringing this being about, but this author expects that the White Path will have its own educational institutions just as the Catholic Church does. Physic powers will be cultivated.

If theres one point that I must make perfectly clear to future persons carrying out my vision, is that you MUST NOT mix the human mind with machines. There is no reason for a human mind to have the computational ability of a computer. If you need to compute something, use a computer. Hooking the mind into a computer will allow for outside forces to control the mind. The future White collective community must always keep the mind machine free.

The future White intergalactic civilization will use robots, computers, and androids, but the decision making will always be done by humans with minds not hooked into computers. The concept of singularity (where artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more intelligent than humans) is extremely dangerous. The future White collective must always have an off switch for AI and if no off switch is possible; then the technology should not be created.

People make the argument that future enhanced humans will be able to think, compute, and communicate faster than non-enhanced humans. This is true, but once the human mind is jacked into a central computer, or into a cloud of other minds, all human freedom will be lost. It can even start out with good intentions, but if someone can hack into the central computer, then all reality can be controlled by outside forces that dont have good intentions. Theres an inventor named Kurzweil who has been pushing this future. His argument is persuasive in that hes promising immortality. The problem is that his immortality is a false promise. If our minds get downloaded into computers, whats to stop someone from smashing the computers? Wars will occur between cloud-mind entities, which can and will result in computers being turned off. With the introduction of scalar weapons, whole solar systems will be able to be blown away.

Of course, not everything Kurzweil says is bad. We should pursue life enhancement technologies. We should regrow arms and legs. We should make the blind see and the deaf hear. We should replace bodily organs. We can even use virtual reality for various uses. But we must not hook our minds up perpetually to computers. Computers also go down without wars; what happens if the computers go down and people are forced to live without them? Will people be able to cope with life in the real world?

Much of Kurzweils motivations come from a fear of death and sadness from the loss of his father at an early age. The globalist elites look for people like Kurzweil to carry out certain aspects of their agenda. I recall the Jewish, anti-White activist Tim Wise writing about how White Christians supposedly picked on him while he was growing up. People like Kurzweil and Wise are chosen because the pain from their past works as great centers of motivation. The globalist elites have agents who are highly skilled at finding what motivates people and how they can use resentments and personality flaws to contribute to their mission of world domination. Carrying out the globalist agenda gives people like Kurzweil and Wise an outlet for their pain and also makes them very wealthy. Finding an outlet for pain is not a bad thing in itself. It only becomes negative when you perceive the rejection of your worldview as tantamount to the original source of the pain.

We on the White Path will carry out our Great White Art Project in the form of an intergalactic civilization. At the center of our art is the building of a new man/woman that can one day be called Ubermensch. We will do so with the aid of technology, but will not create a being that is exclusively technological. Our Path will be slower, but more thorough. We seek to improve the folk physically, mentally, and spiritually. While we do so we will not interfere with the art projects of others. But if you interfere with ours whether by White genocide or by forced transhumanism, then well have to pull your plug. Or perhaps well hack into your computer-minds and make you part of computer games for children to torment?

Oh, and one more thing. Ive noticed that the transhumanism idea is starting to leak into White Nationalism. The day may come where the globalist elites offer to wipe out the Jews and non-Whites in return for taking their chip in the head and/or hooking up to their computers. Dont fall for it! These same elites are the ones who put the Jews and non-Whites on us in the first place. Theyll gladly wipe most of the Jews (or non-Whites) out to achieve their New World Order. I repeat, dont fall for it!!! There is plenty of room in the universe for non-Whites and yes, even Jews (just not the ones who push White genocide) to pursue their way of life.

(1) https://systemssymbols.wordpress.com/2013/08/03/the-white-path/

(2)https://systemssymbols.wordpress.com/2013/09/29/being-on-the-white-path/

(3)https://systemssymbols.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/godthe-allthe-forcethe-uber-rotator/

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Hohner Clavinet D6

I am obsessed with the Hohner Clavinet. Some might call it a fetish.

Ok, I might call it a fetish.

Yes, I have a clavinet fetish. If I cant work one into a song, frankly, Im just not trying hard enough, and in theory, I am not opposed to any song employing a Clavinet.

For the benefit of those uninitiated in the Cult of the Clav, I will explain.

The Clavinet is a keyboard instrument that is essentially an electric guitar in a box. When you press the keys, a rubber hammer strikes a set of strings that pass over a couple of pick-ups.

If a Jews Harp married a vibraslap, their genetically-enhanced offspring (with spliced-in piano and guitar genes) would sound something like a Clavinet.

http://www.scarbee-downloads.com/demos/kgb/clavinetic_cb.mp3Sample from Scarbee F.E.P. (Funky Electric Piano)

That signature biting sound can function as both percussion and melody. It is my favorite way to add some slight melodic undertones while contributing a nice and spicy percussive texture that can lift an otherwise bland song just above the level of mediocrity (speaking for my own music, of course). Its great for weaving in and out of the pocket or even creating a pocket out of thin air.

A Clavinet can lend a certain mood to a song and because I soooooo love Tag Clouds, heres a totally non-functional one with all of the adjectives Id use to describe the clav in different musical contexts.

Mysterious Funky Spidery Menacing Dark SarcasticTaunting Arrogant Spastic Relaxed Taut Joking Whimsical

Stevie Wonder Superstition

This is pretty much the platonic ideal of all clavinet songs, and the first thing my mind conjures when somebody says clavinet.

I have a pet theory that this song is really about OCD.

Very superstitious, wash your face and hands

Wash your face and hands and scrub ya butt, while youre at it. I love you, Stevie, I do, but your junk is so filthy in that video I cant believe youre still walkin the streets. Dont you know it aint legal to sling that kind of hash? The lowest notes sound like rasperries.

You may be surprised, as I was, to learn that Stevies classic clavinet line is comprised of 8 different tracks. Funkscribe dissects the multi-track masters in this fascinating video.

Bill Withers Use Me

Dig that drummers grin @ 0:58. These guys are having fun.

The Band Cripple Creek

This is what happens when you plug a wah pedal into a clav.

Led Zeppelin Trampled Under Foot

See also, Custard Pie.

Steely Dan Kid Charlemagne

This song is directly responsible for my association of the clavinet with sarcasm.

The Commodores Machine Gun

The clavinet was widely employed during the disco era.

Peter Tosh Stepping Razor

And very popular in reggae, too.

Herbie Hancock Spank A Lee

Really, have a listen to anything from his 70s Headhunters period. Id recommend the excellent Thrust album.

Virtual Clavinets

Unfortunately, Ive never laid hands on a real clavinet. If the opportunity arose, Id probably consider buying one, though my skill with keyed instruments is not sufficient to justify putting a lot of effort (or cash) into the search.

No. Its much easier for me to concentrate on finding a decent virtual representation of a clavinet. That means getting hold of the right VSTi, and there are a few good ones out there for folks like me.

My favorite is Native Instruments Elektrik Piano. This is a sample-based VSTi consisting of 4 different models of electric piano, one of which being the Hohner E7 Clavinet.

Native Instruments Elektrik Piano

When I say that Elektrik Piano is sample-based, it means that individual notes were recorded at differing attack and velocity levels and stored as raw audio data. When you press a key on your MIDI controller, the sampling engine is triggered, playing back the audio sample for the corresponding note and velocity.

Like any other audio track, you could then run the output into other VSTs in your DAW. I like to put the E7 through another Native Instruments product, Guitar Rig 3, simulating the effect of a Leslie Rotating Speaker or using the Guitar Rig foot controller as a Wah pedal.

The upside of a sampled clavinet is that the resulting sound is, in actuality, the sound of a real clavinet (an E7 in this case). The downside is, well, youre locked in to the sound of that real clavinet that was used as the basis for the samples and if youre not liking that sound, theres little you can do to improve things. Also, sampled instruments can take up multiple gigabytes of hard-drive space and may have a bloated, laggy feel if you dont have the processing power to handle it.

If space or sonic flexibility are your concerns, you may be interested in playing a modeled clavinet.

A modeled VSTi uses a software model of the instrument to generate the sounds of that instrument being played in real-time. Unlike a sampled VSTi, it is not based on a series of pre-recorded audio files. Instead, the software acts as a full simulation of the physical characteristics of the instrument. The resultant sound is generated from scratch each time based on the characteristics of the input from your MIDI controller. Youll also have access to many of the parameters of the simulation, so you can tweak the instrument to produce sounds more to your liking.

Die Funky Maschine ZD6

There are a few decent modeled clavinet VSTis out there. Ive used Die Funky Maschine ZD6 and can speak to its high quality. The ZD6 is a simulation of a D6 Clav and it comes with some useful built-in effects like Wah, Overdrive, and Phaser. Some folks prefer Ticky Clav, and while Im not a huge fan, its price cant be beat (FREE).

The range of sounds you can get from a modeled instrument is more diverse, but to my ear, the sampled Elektrik Piano just sounds better. Often for the sake of speed and performance, Ill record using the modeled VST, and then at mix-down, Ill replace my clavinet track with the better-sounding sampled instrument.

My First Clavinet

Im not very far into recording Transhuman Highway and though I havent tracked a clav yet, considering my irresistible attraction to and history with the instrument, Id be surprised if it didnt pop up on a couple of songs.

Digging through the archives, I found my first recorded use of a clavinet. Im guessing I used a soundfont-based clavinet, but it was so long ago, I dont remember specifics. The clav line starting @ 2:28 kind of reminds me of the one from Showdown by ELO, and the disco drums only reinforce the likelihood of that inspiration.

http://www.the-grotto.com/thh/01-NoWonder.mp3No Wonder by Jonathan Griggs (2000) [Download]

Time and again, Ive returned to the clavinet, most often in a reggae context, just to add a bit of texture to the songs. These two songs, for instance, are very similar in their use of clavinet (NIs Elektrik Piano). Disclaimer: These songs are unfinished and unmixed. Almost everything I pull from the archives will be in such an imperfect state.

http://www.the-grotto.com/thh/Alt0246_Final.mp3Alt-0246 by Jonathan Griggs (2003) [Download]

http://www.the-grotto.com/thh/TuringTest.mp3Turing Test by Jonathan Griggs (2005) [Download]

Long live the clavinet!

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