Recorded October 2020:
Robert Stark talks to Jason Reza Jorjani about his new book Prometheism. Jason Reza Jorjani, PhD is an Iranian-American philosopher, lifelong native New Yorker, and author of numerous books including Prometheus and Atlas. Also check out his Twitter and Patreon.
Topics:
The Prometheist Manifesto: a new political, spiritual, and techno-scientific movementPrometheus as the enlightener of mankind in Greek mythologyPromethean archetype in the Zoroastrian deity Ahura MazdaPrometheism’s Retro-futurist rather than traditionalist trajectoryThe technological singularity, dystopian scenarios, and limited time frame to ensure these technologies benefit mankindJason’s book Lovers of Sophia which deals with scenario of existing elites preventing the singularity through a controlled demolitionCRISPR gene editing, potential benefits, and dangers that it could be used to weed out non-conformityParapsychology: Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory program on psychokinesisNeed for a new Promethean elite of creative geniuses and technological innovatorsArcheo-futurism as the aesthetic of Prometheism (ex. Art Deco Rockefeller Center and drafts of Hugh Ferriss, Frank Lloyd Wright, Syd Mead, and 70s Iran)Advocacy of a geo-political constellation of the West, Russia, Iran, India, and Japan under the umbrella of a Promethean ethosThe dangers of toppling the Iranian regime, Trump’s disastrous policies, and how change must come from within