AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Tech Won't Save Us
How Effective Accelerationism Divides Silicon Valley w/ Émile Torres
Dec 14, 2023
Émile Torres joins to discuss effective accelerationism in Silicon Valley, its connection to TESCREAL ideologies, the divide in the AI industry, and long-termism's influence. They explore rationalism, cult dynamics, and utopian motivations, as well as the risks and divisions within effective accelerationism.
01:14:17
Episode guests
AI Summary
Highlights
AI Chapters
Episode notes
Podcast summary created with Snipd AI
Quick takeaways
- Tech industry figures in Silicon Valley coalesce around Test Creole ideologies, which provide a moral and ethical justification for their desires and a sense of purpose beyond traditional religious or spiritual explanations.
- Test Creole ideologies, including long-termism and EAC, share a utopian vision of the future driven by advanced technologies, the merging of humans with machines, and the colonization of space, albeit with minor differences in focus and perspective.
Deep dives
The Emergence of Test Creole Ideologies
Test Creole is an acronym that stands for a constellation of ideologies including transhumanism, extropianism, singularitarianism, cosmism, rationalism, effective altruism, and long-termism. These ideologies have overlapping histories and have influenced each other over time. Transhumanism, as the backbone of Test Creole, focuses on enhancing the human species through technology. Extropianism, the first organized transhumanist movement, emerged in the early 1990s and had a techno-optimistic perspective with a strong libertarian bent. Singularitarianism, cosmism, and rationalism are variations of transhumanism with different visions of the future. Effective altruism and long-termism, also part of Test Creole, emphasize maximizing value and addressing existential risks through the lens of rationality and long-term thinking. Despite minor differences, Test Creole ideologies share a utopian vision of the future driven by emerging technologies and have a significant presence in the tech industry.
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode