Bad Faith Episode 537 Promo - Epstein, Chomsky, & Big Tech's Plan for Human Extinction (w/ Émile Torres)
Dec 29, 2025
Émile Torres, a philosopher and co-host of the Dystopia Now podcast, joins a thought-provoking conversation about existential risks and the promises of transhumanism. He critiques the idea of AI ushering in human extinction, addressing how tech elites like Larry Page rationalize species replacement. The discussion touches on self-interested motives behind transhumanism and compares them to modern elitist behaviors. Torres also weighs the implications of genetic preservation and highlights the link between tech billionaires and societal hierarchies.
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Elitist Teleology Drives Pro-Extinction Claims
- Some Silicon Valley transhumanists openly endorse human replacement as the 'next step' in cosmic evolution.
- Émile Torres highlights that this view treats dissent as a failure to grasp profound truths and masks elitist teleology.
Post-Humanism As Individual Escape Hatch
- Some tech elites want to become post-human while disregarding the fate of the rest of humanity.
- Torres shows this is a self-centered variant of transhumanism aimed at preserving individual elites, not species-wide welfare.
Bunkers Reveal Narcissistic Preservation
- Briahna Joy Gray argues the emphasis on preserving personal genetics and building bunkers exposes self-preservation motives.
- She connects this behavior to indifference toward poorer people and ideological cover stories like 'saving humanity.'