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Émile Torres on Transhumanism, Longtermism and Existential Risks

May 3, 2023

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Introduction

2min

Emil Torres: A Personal Interview

2min

The Connection Between Eschatology and Teleology

2min

The Evolution of Physical Eschatology

2min

The Origins of Teleology

5min

The Importance of Inevitability in the Universe

3min

The Prophetic Futurism of GPT Four

2min

The Importance of Existential Risk

4min

The Future of Humanity

6min

10.

The Relationship Between Religion and Transhumanism

4min

11.

The Myth of Vegetarianism

4min

12.

The Overlap Between Transhumanism and Eugenics

4min

13.

The Evolution of Eugenics

2min

14.

The Origins of Eugenics

2min

15.

The Enlightenment and Eugenics

4min

16.

Transhumanism: A Version of Eugenics

3min

17.

The Obsession With IQ and Intelligence

5min

18.

The Liberal Argument for Human Intelligence in a Capitalistic System

2min

19.

The Price to Be Paid for Transhumanism

3min

20.

The Existential Risks of Transhumanism

3min

21.

The Transhumanist Project and the Existential Risk

2min

22.

The Importance of Technological Maturity

3min

23.

The End of Eugenics

3min

24.

Transhumanism and the Law of Reflection

4min

25.

The Boston's Bias

5min

26.

The Importance of Humility in Philosophy

3min

27.

Utilitarianism and Long-Termism

2min

28.

Utilitarianism and the Limits of Individual Freedom and Choice

4min

29.

The Importance of Intelligence in the Army

4min

30.

The Psychology of Obsession With IQ and Intelligence

2min

31.

The Problem With Long Termism

5min

32.

The Grand Cosmic Perspective on Long-Termism

6min

33.

The Dangers of Long-Termism

4min

34.

The Transhumanist Wager

3min

35.

The Top 3 Existential Risks We Are Facing Today

2min

36.

The Top Three Threats to Our Civilization

1min

37.

The Existential Risk of Humanity

5min

38.

The Importance of Long-Termism

3min

My goal with this podcast has always been to be a bit of a gadfly to your as well as my intellectual growth and, hopefully, a midwife to your best ideas rather than a disseminator of a specific movement or ideology. Thus, while I’ve never hidden my personal views, I don’t try to make you […]

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