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TESCREAL Overview with Kath Barbadoro and Alex Ptak
Manage episode 482858337 series 3653089
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This week we welcomed comedians Kath Barbadoro (What a Time to Be Alive podcast) and Alex Ptak (Quorators podcast) to go through each letter in the bundle of ideologies. Who invented them, who believes in them, and the impact they are having on our world today.
Transhumanism
Extropianism
Singularitarianism
Cosmism
Rationalism
Effective Altruism
Longtermism
Extra reading/watching:
Intro clip: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.free.press/video/7457615074945944863
The TESCREAL Bundle: https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/13636/11599
Adam Becker:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/03/tech-oligarchs-musk
The Politics and Ethics of Transhumanism by Alexander Thomas:
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-politics-and-ethics-of-transhumanism
TESCREAL overview by Èmile:
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-acronym-behind-our-wildest-ai-dreams-and-nightmares/
17 episodes
Manage episode 482858337 series 3653089
To join us on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow
This week we welcomed comedians Kath Barbadoro (What a Time to Be Alive podcast) and Alex Ptak (Quorators podcast) to go through each letter in the bundle of ideologies. Who invented them, who believes in them, and the impact they are having on our world today.
Transhumanism
Extropianism
Singularitarianism
Cosmism
Rationalism
Effective Altruism
Longtermism
Extra reading/watching:
Intro clip: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.free.press/video/7457615074945944863
The TESCREAL Bundle: https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/13636/11599
Adam Becker:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/03/tech-oligarchs-musk
The Politics and Ethics of Transhumanism by Alexander Thomas:
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-politics-and-ethics-of-transhumanism
TESCREAL overview by Èmile:
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-acronym-behind-our-wildest-ai-dreams-and-nightmares/
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