Techno-religion: The Unforeseen Quest of Control Brings Us Here

Our beliefs lead us to actions. And the beliefs are ever changing, not to mention, baseless too.

Rajat Dangi
Sep 2, 2018 · 6 min read
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“What’s on the fringe will be in the mainstream”


Here are two anecdotes to orient your mind for this blog —

1. Racial cleansing

Between 1941 and 1945, the army heads of a European country got inspired by the antisemitism and racist thoughts. Their belief: Humans are not all the same and some are superior to the others. The thinkers were not biologists, researchers, historians, anthropologists, or scientists. But, were filled with hatred against the followers of a religion (‘race’ according to them).

2. Ah! I see a pattern

An experiment was conducted to see how humans find a pattern in random events.


Nature embodies us and not vice versa.

We do what our beliefs can justify, we condemn what our beliefs can’t.

Observing our beliefs and numerous such incidents leads us to the way our actions changed throughout the history. Everything that we do is inspired by our beliefs.


We don’t know how, and from where the idea of ‘belief’ came from.

Your pet dog believes that you are his/her family, is that all the pet dogs believe in? we are not sure of that.

Birth of the belief system

One idea that closely justifies the birth of a belief system is our need to gain control. Human beings crave control. We want to reduce the uncertainty. We try to omit the possibility of any undesirable event.


It all starts with the Animism (most probably).

Animism

Dualism

Monotheism

Polytheism

Communism

Nationalism

Humanism

Liberalism

Capitalism

Dataism (Techno-religion)

Dataism: The new religion as discussed in Homo-Deus.


Needs, beliefs, and actions

The shift in the ideologies and beliefs are not coincidental. They are a reflection of human society.

The pattern has remained the same. It starts with our newborn need, then we act and we justify our actions with a new shift in our belief.


What do we want to control next?

Here we are, sleepwalking. Embracing every Google IO, Apple’s WWDC, Mobile World Congress, TechCrunch Disrupt, CES Conference from our mobile and laptop screens. You can observe on your own that we are drilling down on the ‘everyday life’.


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Rajat Dangi

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Co-founder @ hapramp.com | Blending technology, art, philosophy, and religion in my writings. Books, guitar, and camera are my tools to procrastinate.

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