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Wow, this new 'long termist' magazine The Latecomer looks fantastic both in design, and the articles it's hosting. Very cool! latecomermag.com

"The modal geneticist probably tends to overestimate the amount of pleiotropy in the genome" — steve hsu on the most overblown concerns around genetic engineering, and what he's actually worried about. latecomermag.com/article/the-fu…

My The Latecomer article on molecular manufacturing is out now: latecomermag.com/article/what-h…. Feedback welcome. Congrats on the magazine launch!

How much is nature worth? Some people think the question is impossible to answer. Others think it's worth $33 trillion per year. Xander Balwit latecomermag.com/article/how-mu…

We need three things to beat climate change according to Casey Handmer, PhD: 1. Abundant clean energy (i.e. solar photovoltaics) 2. Enhanced weathering to sequester one teraton of excess atmospheric carbon 3. Stratospheric S02 injections to prevent overheating latecomermag.com/article/we-wil…

There are good reasons to care about people in the far future without relying on arbitrary calculations. We are not morally clueless, argues Richard Chappell🔸(is in NYC Apr 24-26) in response to Eric Schwitzgebel. latecomermag.com/article/common…

"The Cell is Not a Computer." I've enjoyed reading The Latecomer since they launched last year. So I was excited to contribute a short piece about biology and the methods that are helping us assemble a "more holistic view" of how cells work. Read: latecomermag.com/article/a-holi…

Just noticed the scroll animation in the corner of The Latecomer's website while reading Niko McCarty 🧫's article (latecomermag.com/article/a-holi…) Very cute little easter egg! 🥹

We have been conditioned to think that medical capacity is the most important sector to support during a pandemic. This would be a mistake, writes Kevin Esvelt, Ben Mueller, and Vaishnav Sunil. latecomermag.com/article/essent…

Lowering the risk of nuclear war is not straightforward. Attempts to decrease risk in one domain often transfer it to another as leaders adjust their strategies, writes Matthew Gentzel. latecomermag.com/article/decrea…

There are many conflicting definitions of accelerationism. The most important line of inquiry asks “who is the true subject of history—human beings, or a larger process?” writes Matt Southey. latecomermag.com/article/a-brie…

A Brief History of Accelerationism latecomermag.com/article/a-brie… Great essay by Matt Southey, a philosophy PhD whose dissertation extends Nick Land's work Outsideness ... In general, e/acc should be understood as a rebranded form of libertarianism. It has explicit political aims