Go offline with the Player FM app!
The Effective Altruists and the "Abundance" Movement
Manage episode 473634121 series 3653089
This week we talked about the "Abundance Agenda" and it's roots in the Effective Altruism movement.
A network of think tanks, Silicon Valley billionaires, and centrist pundits are getting all riled up about zoning ordinances, and possibly trying to take over the Democratic Party? Oh boy.
We explore the dark side of Effective Altruism, men's rights activists, IQ Realists, "race science," eugenicists and more lurking in a movement where the biggest scoundrels in society are mixing with Vox writers- EA! This episode was a wild ride, let us know what you think.
We'll be back with Thiel Part 2 next week but we had to know-- why did an Atlantic writer podcast with a Nazi?
Further reading
By Èmile:
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-acronym-behind-our-wildest-ai-dreams-and-nightmares/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/16/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-eugenics-scientific-racism
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/opinion/richard-hanania-eugenics-billionaires.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/richard-hanania-origins-of-woke-book/675348/
https://jacobin.com/2023/01/effective-altruism-longtermism-nick-bostrom-racism
https://theintercept.com/2019/09/06/exxon-mobil-progressive-policy-institute-climate/
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ruben-gallego-crypto-digital-assets-andreessen-yglesias-1235260013/
14 episodes
Manage episode 473634121 series 3653089
This week we talked about the "Abundance Agenda" and it's roots in the Effective Altruism movement.
A network of think tanks, Silicon Valley billionaires, and centrist pundits are getting all riled up about zoning ordinances, and possibly trying to take over the Democratic Party? Oh boy.
We explore the dark side of Effective Altruism, men's rights activists, IQ Realists, "race science," eugenicists and more lurking in a movement where the biggest scoundrels in society are mixing with Vox writers- EA! This episode was a wild ride, let us know what you think.
We'll be back with Thiel Part 2 next week but we had to know-- why did an Atlantic writer podcast with a Nazi?
Further reading
By Èmile:
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-acronym-behind-our-wildest-ai-dreams-and-nightmares/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/16/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-eugenics-scientific-racism
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/opinion/richard-hanania-eugenics-billionaires.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/richard-hanania-origins-of-woke-book/675348/
https://jacobin.com/2023/01/effective-altruism-longtermism-nick-bostrom-racism
https://theintercept.com/2019/09/06/exxon-mobil-progressive-policy-institute-climate/
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ruben-gallego-crypto-digital-assets-andreessen-yglesias-1235260013/
14 episodes
All episodes
×Welcome to Player FM!
Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.