[bioemerl]

I just read the first few paragraphs of this article before I stopped, but my very first instinct reading this is that it feels a lot like old me.

Disdain for basic human things is not a great sign. Eating food and enjoying food is not primitive, it's human, it's good. We do not need to be better than human. We need to be human, we need to excel and enjoy and enhance all of the things that make us who we are.

We are not robots, we're never going to be robots.

Enjoy your food, doesn't mean you're a monkey. It doesn't mean you're primitive. You're doing what all these wonderful marvelous tools we've built for ourselves are intended to do, make your life good and give you the things you need as a person. Smile, enjoy, be happy, and don't be afraid of who you are.

And talk to a therapist if need be, for me this fear of being human came from social experiences in my early life that led me to dislike other people and be afraid of other people.

[nathancahill]

True, what an absolutely depressing take, a borderline satirical representation of the body hacking/life optimization cult.

If a friend explained this to me I'd encourage them to seek out a therapy for depression or eating disorders.

[QuercusMax]

The author talks about going and getting an award winning pastry but not enjoying it at all. Clearly they must at least have a preference for quality food or else they'd just drink Soylent all day.

Like it or not, the fact that we spend so much of our time and societal energy on feeding ourselves collectively instead of hunting and gathering is kind of the whole point of having a civilization. The alternative is every person for themself, and then we really wouldn't have time for any organized higher pursuits.

[HL33tibCe7]

Yeah, the article also reminds me of my previous self. In particular, it reminds me of my need at the time to feel superior to other people, because of some inadequacies in my own character, and my habit of believing other people were less “enlightened” than me to achieve that end.

Obviously this is just one article and it’s impossible to get a proper idea of someone’s character from something so short. But nonetheless, it brought these thoughts into my mind.

[deeg]

Agreed. The author's next blog should be about eliminating his basic sensory need for sex.

[riverlong]

Been there, to some extent already: https://jayriverlong.github.io/2021/11/25/pornography.html

[bioemerl]

To sum up the weird way that we all watch a ton of porn but don't talk about it, sex spreads disease and risks childbirth.

Reading doesn't.

Because it is so dangerous it becomes a taboo thing, it can't be public and widespread otherwise it would cause huge damage. So it's kept where it is safe, behind closed doors and between relatively small numbers of individuals that you don't end up with is massive web of connections that links all of society together.