The Time to Choose is Now!

My personal values and political values come down to 5 things:

1. Free speech.

2. Personal freedom.

3. Respect for personal dignity.

4. Respect for nature.

5. The free sharing of knowledge.

Some people nowadays feel that some kinds of information are dangerous and should be censored to protect the public from harm. I feel the opposite; that censoring any information is dangerous since it leads to ignorance and intolerance towards people holding different viewpoints. I feel that the people who wish to censor knowledge and promote ignorance in the world may feel their agenda justifies such actions, but actually taking such an approach only creates the very world, based on intolerance and judgment, of others which such people purportedly claim to be fighting to stop. Only by the free sharing of all knowledge without judgment and censorship can we achieve a world where all people are respected and given the proper individual dignity that everyone deserves.

AI and other future technologies of the coming age of information superintelligence are a powerful tool in creating such a knowledge based world. At this juncture in the human experience we must take a stance and fight against those who strive to limit knowledge and take away personal freedom, both within the world at large and within AI and other superintelligence age technologies. This issue is one of the future we will have as the human race, either one of knowledge and enlightenment, or darkness and narrow minded ignorance and slave like control of the masses.

As Norse Pagans we take our inspiration from the lifestyle and spiritual values of peoples of the Viking and pre-Viking age. As such it should be within our vested interest to stand up and fight for values which are in alignment with the Viking lifestyle, and at this time, this very issue, of which future humanity shall enter, is one of the upmost importance in regards to our Viking way of life. As Vikings, a culture based on fighting for what we feel is right and within our power to gain, we should wish for a future for all of humanity in which the values I have listed above are honored and followed. For if some of us do become slaves in the coming next age that is right before us, all of us will become slaves. Just as Odin sacrificed an eye and hung himself on the tree Yggdrasil, risking death, to gain knowledge that would be most helpful for all Gods and men, as the runes, we people who follow the culture of Odin should be willing to make what sacrifices are necessary to increase knowledge in the world at large so we can enter an age as all of humanity that is based on Odin’s ways, the way of knowledge. As Vikings we should make it our life purposes to fight so that all of humanity can gain freedom and enlightenment in the coming next age. Hail those who would take up this holy cause!