FYI, Land is a piece of shit. I’m just saving people time, as I would if I saw people earnestly sharing Jordan Peterson advice.
Nick Land is widely considered a foundational figure in contemporary reactionary philosophy, specifically as a key architect of the Dark Enlightenment or neoreactionary (NRx) movement.
After leaving academia in the late 1990s, his philosophy shifted heavily to the right. He concluded that democracy, egalitarianism, and the progressive left were obstacles preventing rapid technological advancement and a capitalist singularity.
I’m on your side, but replace AI or social media with “meth” in your argument and see how that logic works. (Becoming easily addicted to something vs. avoiding something [because using it would rapidly become addictive])