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Your brain does not process information and it is not a computer | Aeon Essays
Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. In short: your brain is not a computer
What is TESCREALism? Mapping the Cult of the Techno-Utopia.
A new paper by Timnit Gebru and Émile P. Torres traces the intimate links between Tranhumanism, Effective Altruism, Longtermism, and other crypto-authoritarian ideologies.
Dr. Émile P. Torres on X: "I wrote an entire 500-page book (Routledge) on the history of thinking about human extinction--yes, people have been studying and thinking about this topic for decades/centuries. But it wasn't framed in terms of "existential risk," a concept that no one should care about, because" / X
I wrote an entire 500-page book (Routledge) on the history of thinking about human extinction--yes, people have been studying and thinking about this topic for decades/centuries. But it wasn't framed in terms of "existential risk," a concept that no one should care about, because
The very online ‘gray tribe’ philosophy of alleged UnitedHealth killer Luigi Mangione
The man accused of killing Brian Thompson had an extensive social media history that makes his worldview very clear, writes Io Dodds
Against Jackpot-Longtermism
Examining the stories tech billionaires tell themselves
Understanding "longtermism": Why this suddenly influential philosophy is so toxic
Whatever we may "owe the future," it isn't a bizarre and dangerous ideology fueled by eugenics and capitalism
Permashifters want out of this reality for good
TikTok popularized the concept of "shifting" one's consciousness. But some people want to take it a huge step further.
Rationalism before the Sequences — LessWrong
What was rationalism like before the Sequences and LessWrong? Eric S. Raymond explores the intellectual roots of the rationalist movement, including…
Social justice, rationalism, AI ethics, and libertarianism
There has been a lot of drama on the Internet about AI ethics, and that drama is in the mainstream news. A lot of this drama is about the shakeup in Google’s AI Ethics team. I’ve alread…
We’re Scholars Who Study Africa. The Cybertruck Looks Kind of Familiar.
Elon Musk was growing up in Pretoria when the Casspir patrolled the townships.
A Few Helpful Words of Advice for the Owners of Social Media Platforms
It really seems like they could use it
The Tech Baron Seeking to Purge San Francisco of “Blues”
If Balaji Srinivasan is any guide, then the Silicon Valley plutocrats are definitely not OK.
DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency
DOGE technologists Edward Coristine—the 19-year-old known online as “Big Balls”—and Kyle Schutt are now listed as staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Unmasked: Elon’s Secret DOGE Goon Squad—Every One Under 26
The world’s richest man doesn’t want anyone knowing his right-hand people who are disrupting government.
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
Zuckerberg: The AI Slop Will Continue Until Morale Improves
"I think we’re going to add a whole new category of content, which is AI generated."
Roundup: Don't buy the "Zuckessance"
Read to the end for a forthcoming tech book you might like
Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule
How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.
Panic and recrimination: Inside Silicon Valley's first real financial crisis
A VC Twitter firestorm caused an all-out bank run that led to Silicon Valley Bank's failure. Now startups and VCs are back to supporting the bank.
The Incredible Tantrum Venture Capitalists Threw Over Silicon Valley Bank
Remind me why, exactly, these guys have so much control over technological innovation?
We Are Watching Elon Musk and His Fans Create a Conspiracy Theory About Wikipedia in Real Time
Here’s what actually happened with the ‘Twitter Files’ Wikipedia page.
Saluting in Solidarity (Published 2022)
As employees in tech face layoffs, an emoji meets its moment.
Opinion | I Was the Head of Trust and Safety at Twitter. This Is What Could Become of It. (Published 2022)
Elon Musk’s brand of radical transformation has unavoidable limits.
Resignations Roil Twitter as Elon Musk Tries Persuading Some Workers to Stay (Published 2022)
Mr. Musk, Twitter’s new owner, had given employees a Thursday deadline to decide whether to leave or stay “to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0.”
How Elon Musk's Twitter takeover could endanger vulnerable users | Context
Activists fear Twitter's changing focus and cuts to expert staff under Elon Musk will make it riskier to use the platform
Why Elon Wants to Make Them Pay
Nice Twitter account you got there. Shame if something happened to it.
On Elon Musk's Vision of Twitter as a Hive Mind
Is Twitter really a “collective, cybernetic super-intelligence," as its new owner mused? Joe Bak-Coleman shares an expert perspective.
Quitting Elon
Elon Musk’s former fans have lost faith in the idea of the billionaire genius.
By Buying Twitter, Elon Musk Has Created His Own Hilarious Nightmare
By buying Twitter, Elon Musk has created his own hilarious nightmare.