Greg M. Epstein
@gregmepstein.bsky.social
Humanist Chaplain @Harvard/@MIT. NYT bestseller Good Without God. New multi-award-winner TECH AGNOSTIC: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, & Why it Desperately Needs a Reformation @MITPress @PenguinRandom https://tinyurl.com/282sze6v
Heading home I passed by tens of thousands of concertgoers parading out of MSG in Manhattan. What does the world's richest tech company, its fortune built on search, have to say about that? Absolutely nothing correct. AI worshippers: your God is fucking pathetic. (Tate McRae=the correct answer fwiw)
September 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Heading home I passed by tens of thousands of concertgoers parading out of MSG in Manhattan. What does the world's richest tech company, its fortune built on search, have to say about that? Absolutely nothing correct. AI worshippers: your God is fucking pathetic. (Tate McRae=the correct answer fwiw)
Did I travel to NYC for 15 hours to see a debate between @glenweyl.bsky.social and Curtis Yarvin, a man known as "Mencius Moldbug" for his influence on people like Thiel, Vance, and Musk,
on whether the U.S. should be ruled by a CEO dictator? Why yes, it appears that I did. #OpenToDebate #Scared
on whether the U.S. should be ruled by a CEO dictator? Why yes, it appears that I did. #OpenToDebate #Scared
September 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Did I travel to NYC for 15 hours to see a debate between @glenweyl.bsky.social and Curtis Yarvin, a man known as "Mencius Moldbug" for his influence on people like Thiel, Vance, and Musk,
on whether the U.S. should be ruled by a CEO dictator? Why yes, it appears that I did. #OpenToDebate #Scared
on whether the U.S. should be ruled by a CEO dictator? Why yes, it appears that I did. #OpenToDebate #Scared
I love sports, but this country's collective addiction to gambling is increasingly hard to watch these days
February 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I love sports, but this country's collective addiction to gambling is increasingly hard to watch these days
I have a lot of life updates that I'm overdue to post here but none has produced a more, well, divine image than my episode of #SuperDataScience with Jon Krohn, which immediately brought 3 words to mind for me: "Oh. My. Gods."
February 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I have a lot of life updates that I'm overdue to post here but none has produced a more, well, divine image than my episode of #SuperDataScience with Jon Krohn, which immediately brought 3 words to mind for me: "Oh. My. Gods."
Absolutely do read @jasonkoebler.bsky.social @404media.co on the pathetic saga of DeepSeek & Open AI, in which Koebler has to literally stop to lol for a few lines mid-piece. But if not, one meme will suffice: "You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen!"
www.404media.co/openai-furio...
www.404media.co/openai-furio...
January 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Absolutely do read @jasonkoebler.bsky.social @404media.co on the pathetic saga of DeepSeek & Open AI, in which Koebler has to literally stop to lol for a few lines mid-piece. But if not, one meme will suffice: "You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen!"
www.404media.co/openai-furio...
www.404media.co/openai-furio...
January 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
"When you can say that God Almighty is co-signing on your dominance over another group of God’s children, then every means is justified, right to the end...No means needs justification if we claim God as our patron and guide."
-Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber
open.substack.com/pub/thecorne...
-Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber
open.substack.com/pub/thecorne...
January 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"When you can say that God Almighty is co-signing on your dominance over another group of God’s children, then every means is justified, right to the end...No means needs justification if we claim God as our patron and guide."
-Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber
open.substack.com/pub/thecorne...
-Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber
open.substack.com/pub/thecorne...
Some "doomers" worry that AI will get to the point where it sees humans as disposable and wants to use our bodies as resources, but how are the actual people who wrote this any different? I mean, assuming AI *didn't* create this Economist headline
January 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Some "doomers" worry that AI will get to the point where it sees humans as disposable and wants to use our bodies as resources, but how are the actual people who wrote this any different? I mean, assuming AI *didn't* create this Economist headline
Talking today with my friend who lost his house and everything else in the Altadena fires (he's very much still accepting @gofundme.com support! gofund.me/4ff033bc) while he was driving. At one point he interrupted and said, "WTF??" He was driving right by THIS. It's very much not over, folks.
January 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Talking today with my friend who lost his house and everything else in the Altadena fires (he's very much still accepting @gofundme.com support! gofund.me/4ff033bc) while he was driving. At one point he interrupted and said, "WTF??" He was driving right by THIS. It's very much not over, folks.
MLK Day: usually a major holiday for my family, but the cognitive dissonance is too strong this year. Taking a rest day instead, much rest will be needed ahead. Those of us fighting for a tech reformation have so much work to do—just look at these CEOs positioned like preachers sanctifying Trump.
January 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
MLK Day: usually a major holiday for my family, but the cognitive dissonance is too strong this year. Taking a rest day instead, much rest will be needed ahead. Those of us fighting for a tech reformation have so much work to do—just look at these CEOs positioned like preachers sanctifying Trump.
What is worse than finding time to curl up at the bookstore with a good book and a vegan latte and a napping baby, and the bookstore is closed prematurely? (Okay you don't need to list the things that are worse, though I suppose they'd make a good poem) @portersqbooks.bsky.social :(
January 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
What is worse than finding time to curl up at the bookstore with a good book and a vegan latte and a napping baby, and the bookstore is closed prematurely? (Okay you don't need to list the things that are worse, though I suppose they'd make a good poem) @portersqbooks.bsky.social :(
After 5 hours of watching and listening to myself talk today: yep, I can imagine how that would happen
January 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
After 5 hours of watching and listening to myself talk today: yep, I can imagine how that would happen
Oh no @bencollins.bsky.social, my print copy of @theonion.com sat out on the porch wilting over the holidays! Perhaps an appropriate metaphor for our society? Anyway it's AMAZING! Though as someone with an especially mockable last name, I, uh, hope the next issue gets a new back cover sponsor.
January 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Oh no @bencollins.bsky.social, my print copy of @theonion.com sat out on the porch wilting over the holidays! Perhaps an appropriate metaphor for our society? Anyway it's AMAZING! Though as someone with an especially mockable last name, I, uh, hope the next issue gets a new back cover sponsor.
I mean I know one needs to adjust for inflation, but is it possible they overcompensated a bit?
January 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I mean I know one needs to adjust for inflation, but is it possible they overcompensated a bit?
You're welcome. And, good for you!
January 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
You're welcome. And, good for you!
O'Keefe only painted a red amaryllis as far as I can tell, but still these are stunningly reminiscent of several works at the Boston MFA exhibit right now. The obvious similarities in structure and even function, between these plants and our human bodies: a striking reminder that we're all connected
January 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
O'Keefe only painted a red amaryllis as far as I can tell, but still these are stunningly reminiscent of several works at the Boston MFA exhibit right now. The obvious similarities in structure and even function, between these plants and our human bodies: a striking reminder that we're all connected
I would literally rather eat live worms dipped in that deadly hot sauce that makes all the celebrities freak out on Hot Ones than draft my texts or have a "fun conversation" with the AI on my phone.
January 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I would literally rather eat live worms dipped in that deadly hot sauce that makes all the celebrities freak out on Hot Ones than draft my texts or have a "fun conversation" with the AI on my phone.
Some accuse humanists and atheists like me of nihilism because we don't happen to believe in a god. That's *prejudice*, but also plain ignorance. Check out #NoLivesMatter, the ideology of Brad Spafford, a strong contender in a crowded field for "maniac of 2025" so far. Now THAT=some nihilistic shit
January 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Some accuse humanists and atheists like me of nihilism because we don't happen to believe in a god. That's *prejudice*, but also plain ignorance. Check out #NoLivesMatter, the ideology of Brad Spafford, a strong contender in a crowded field for "maniac of 2025" so far. Now THAT=some nihilistic shit
BWI airport now provides Luxury Surveillance of your toilet, someone must have passed them a copy of @hypervisible.bsky.social's book in progress by that name, which they of course mistook for an instructional manual
December 30, 2024 at 9:24 PM
BWI airport now provides Luxury Surveillance of your toilet, someone must have passed them a copy of @hypervisible.bsky.social's book in progress by that name, which they of course mistook for an instructional manual
Unless he has directly changed or clarified this stance in recent years, he was not
www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6014570
www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6014570
December 30, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Unless he has directly changed or clarified this stance in recent years, he was not
www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6014570
www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6014570
Is this the Flying Spaghetti Monster's way of telling me I need to prioritize writing that advice column
December 28, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Is this the Flying Spaghetti Monster's way of telling me I need to prioritize writing that advice column