Gilmore talks sex robots and artificial environments in this older interview. I think it sounds a bit insane personally, ymmv:
That was a good video. Thanks for posting it.
Capsule summaries of what Gilmore said about the Five Points:
1. "No guaranteed equality of outcome."
Seems like a repudiation of Marx's dictum from 1875, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs."
A society such as Marx envisioned doesn't exist anywhere on Earth and doesn't seem likely to emerge, so here again, this is not something that keeps me up at night.
I'll note, however, that some of the earliest members of the CoS were Marxists. In the 1960s the Marxists were very definitely seen as the Adversary.
2. "Satan represents law and order, not misguided leniency."
So it really isn't about the separation of church and state at all. I had thought Lex Talionis was merely an example of what they were getting at. Apparently it's the whole point. If I lived in an urban locale where I had to fear getting mugged, I guess I'd care more about this.
I suppose it fits the Old Testament archetype of Satan the Accuser. But even more so, it fits the Old Testament archetype of Jehovah.
3. "Satan represents bot abuse, not child, animal, or spouse abuse."
I actually kind of like that. Incidentally, Japan is leading the way here.
4. "Taxing churches will force them to stand on their own two feet."
I think it's true that some Christian congregations would fold if they suddenly had to pay taxes. This would force the congregants to travel to more distant locations for Sunday services. I don't get any pleasure out of that prospect. I simply don't care what these people do. Except to the extent that they try to meddle with the rest of us. And most of them don't. They sit there daydreaming through the Sunday service and then they go home and stuff themselves with spaghetti and meatballs.
5. "Disney World times a hundred!"
So the CoS wants more theme parks. OK. I personally don't, but whatever floats their boat.
