682 - Longspermism (11/21/22)
Chapo Trap House
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Musk's Ties to the EA and Long-Termism Have Been Revealed in Recent Months
Musk's ties to the EA and long-termist communities have been gradually revealed in recent months. A source who worked closely with Musk for several years described this thinking as core to the billionaires' pronatalist ideology. In September, text logs released as part of Musk's legal battle with Twitter showed conversations between Musk and William McCaskill at Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute. He offered to introduce Musk to Sam Bankman Fried, a now-discraced cryptocurrency entrepreneur who had donated millions of dollars to long-termism organizations.
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