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Dr. Émile P. Torres

@xriskology

New book: "Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation." Philosopher and historian, but MS in neuroscience. they/them

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'We believe technology is liberatory. Liberatory of human potential. Liberatory of the human soul, the human spirit. Expanding what it can mean to be free, to be fulfilled, to be alive.'--Marc Andreessen (Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸). 'Techno-Optimist Manifesto.'

Lolz.

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Beff Jezos -- aka Guillaume Verdon -- says here that e/acc is fundamentally about 'freedom of information,' after (a) whining for 10 minutes about how Forbes published his real name, and (b) talking about how he works on secret projects.

youtube.com/clip/UgkxuNU_v… via YouTube

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Excellent chat with Molly White (Molly White • e/ludd), Ryan Broderick (@broderick), Deepa Seetharaman (@dseetharaman), and Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz). Highly recommended.

(I'll have comments about e/acc out in a week or so, btw!)

youtube.com/watch?v=AIDMnH…

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Max Tegmark has apparently never read anything by his colleague and long-time collaborator Nick Bostrom. Lol. The e/acc vision is virtually identical to Bostromism. I cannot believe how dumb this whole conversation has become.

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From the UCF's sorghum project 3 weeks ago: our farmers spraying their sorghum fields.

(Note: due to heavy rains that are on now, harvesting will be a bit late, probably between Jan - Feb 2024).

Here is spraying in action:

From the @UgandaFarm's sorghum project 3 weeks ago: our farmers spraying their sorghum fields. (Note: due to heavy rains that are on now, harvesting will be a bit late, probably between Jan - Feb 2024). Here is spraying in action:
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EA-longtermists are not good at anticipating and evaluating risks. From FTX to OpenAI, they have pretty consistently failed in high-stakes situations. Do we, then, trust them when it comes to so-called 'existential risks'?

EA-longtermists are not good at anticipating and evaluating risks. From FTX to OpenAI, they have pretty consistently failed in high-stakes situations. Do we, then, trust them when it comes to so-called 'existential risks'?
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As Dr. Émile P. Torres argues in their opus 'Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation,' the idea humans can go extinct is quite recent. And it was 1979 when Hans Jonas first situated 'ending all life on earth' in moral discourse. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Jonas 6/6

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Biden's climate policy is outright insane. He's successfully pushed to increase US oil production to record levels. His climate envoy supported making a fossil fuel executive the head of the climate conference. What on earth does he think he is doing??
currentaffairs.org/2023/12/biden-…

Biden's climate policy is outright insane. He's successfully pushed to increase US oil production to record levels. His climate envoy supported making a fossil fuel executive the head of the climate conference. What on earth does he think he is doing?? currentaffairs.org/2023/12/biden-…
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