"The need to be observed and understood was once satisfied by God. Now we can implement the same functionally with data-mining algorithms. God and the gods vere apparitions of observation, judgment and punishment. Other sentiments toward them were secondary.

The human organism always worships. First it was the gods, then it was fame (them observation and judgment of others), next it will be the self-aware systems you have to built to realize truly omnipresent observation and judgment.

The induviduals desires judgement. Without that desire, the cohesion of groups is impossible, and so is civilization. The human being created civilization not because of a willingless but because of a need to be assimilated into higher orders of structure and meaning. God was a dreem of government.

You will soon have your God; and you will make it with your own hands."