the phenomenon of man is totally next level shit. brilliant synthesis

>>8218027
>theology
gay

>globalization theory
gay

>post-industrial theory
okay

>transhumanism
gay

Next.

>>8218036
kys

>look at its wikipedia page
>first two mentioned reviews are from british scientists
>they're scathing

Is this just more contintental guff?

I really want to read it for the depth of thought but I just can't get past the 'must tie everything to Christ' aspect of it. Not even trying to be a Reddit athiest jackanape, I love a lot of religious thought despite being a materialist but the literal story of Christ is just so preposterous that I have a hard time taking something like this seriously. I wish it was written by a Jew of Spinoza's ilk or a Buddhist or a Taoist or even, god help me, a Sufi Muslim. Anyone who could explain their mystical view of the universe without having to account for literal miracles.

>>8218078
you tell me

is this the kid of thing you can just jump into or are there prerequisite readings?

>>8218382
the bible :^)))))))

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Teilhard anticipates the internet (the noosphere) and provides a useful model to predict future syntheses of man and technology. I've been waiting for some Lesswrongian to stumble on it (*cough* Scott Alexander *cough*) since it tentatively grapples with the fundamentals of timeless decision theory. His whole theory of the Omega Point is also good for scifi.

His ideas suggest panpsychism or metempsychosis, which the Church has never dogmatically defined beyond theological speculation.

I suspect there are more modern thinkers influenced by his ideas than let on.

>>8218808
nice meme kid