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Go West, Weird Man
Aug 8, 2024 The oddballs of the MAGA movement have nothing on Silicon Valley transhumanists.
Throwing Bullets in Glass Houses
Jul 15, 2024 It is the MAGA movement, not Democrats or the left, that has embraced a culture of violent political rhetoric.
The New Optimist Movement Has a Numbers Problem
Jun 20, 2024 How Steven Pinker and his merry band of extreme optimists downplay the persistence of widespread human suffering and misery.
Team Human vs. Team Posthuman—Which Side Are You On?
Apr 4, 2024 How Silicon Valley billionaires intentionally muddle public conversations around human extinction.
The Madness of the Race to Build Artificial General Intelligence
Mar 14, 2024 The people plunging us all toward AGI are saying some very scary things. We’d be wise to pay them heed.
‘Effective Accelerationism’ and the Pursuit of Cosmic Utopia
Dec 14, 2023 How an arcane philosophical rift in Silicon Valley is shaping the race to build artificial general intelligence.
Fraud, Lies, Exploitation and Eugenic Fantasies
Nov 9, 2023 The multibillion-dollar Effective Altruism movement makes rich people feel good about being rich — to hell with the bad publicity.
What Ghosting Says About Society (And Why it Hurts So Much)
Sep 28, 2023 Social disappearing acts reflect the deepening inhumanity of a technology-addled, coldly transactional world.
‘Before It’s Too Late, Buddy’
Aug 23, 2023 Over and over again, history shows that the march to utopia can leave a trail of destruction in its wake.
Truthdig Live Event: What’s Behind the Race to Create Artificial General Intelligence?
Aug 8, 2023