It even has drug induced brainwashing and coercive sex slavery, and it sees its inner circles (and the sufficiently devout) as gods in the making. This is full Thetan tear lunacy, but because totemic magic words like "SCIENCE" and "LOGIC" are slapped all over the outer walls, it hasn't gotten the same scrutiny.
Kurzweil never managed to grieve the death of his father in a healthy way, so he created decades of magical thinking and tech occultism instead.
Yes, touch grass for us all. :rat-salute: