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The Pros and Cons of Accelerationism
I think there was a certain intellectual moment in the early 2010s around. Aaron Bastani and Cernichak and Williams, who sought to present an optimistic pro-technology, pro-growth vision of the future. And you know, I think that's kind of died off in part because what propelled that sort of politics was a frustration with this kind of impasse and deadeningKind of vibe of that period still where you didn't have yet the turbulence that you have today. In today's context, the kind of politics comes to you. So you don't need to kind of conjure it up through kind of hyperactive technological imagination.
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