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the people angry at this seem captured by the delusion that "immortality" would somehow trickle down to the masses. This ignores two key things:
1. Most tech oligarchs see "immortality" as uploading themselves to the cloud
2. They want to make themselves gods and don't desire your company
1. Most tech oligarchs see "immortality" as uploading themselves to the cloud
2. They want to make themselves gods and don't desire your company
like 70% of the worst evil being perpetrated in the world right now is caused by rich men trying to avoid death. this is their underlying hope for AI, and genetic engineering.
if true immortality ever existed we would have a moral responsibility to murder the inventors and bomb their labs.
if true immortality ever existed we would have a moral responsibility to murder the inventors and bomb their labs.
Acausal Robot God have mercy on my soul, I have backed up every piece of the claim:
“The goal of LessWrong rationality is so Eliezer Yudkowsky can live forever as an emulated human mind running as a process on the future superintelligent AI god computer.”
*ahem*
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“The goal of LessWrong rationality is so Eliezer Yudkowsky can live forever as an emulated human mind running as a process on the future superintelligent AI god computer.”
*ahem*
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August 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
the people angry at this seem captured by the delusion that "immortality" would somehow trickle down to the masses. This ignores two key things:
1. Most tech oligarchs see "immortality" as uploading themselves to the cloud
2. They want to make themselves gods and don't desire your company
1. Most tech oligarchs see "immortality" as uploading themselves to the cloud
2. They want to make themselves gods and don't desire your company
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Latest: CBP has been targeting cruise ship crews for deportation and revoking their work visas based on allegations of viewing or posting child pornography.
But detainees aren't shown the evidence against them or given any due process before they're summarily deported reason.com/2025/08/13/c...
But detainees aren't shown the evidence against them or given any due process before they're summarily deported reason.com/2025/08/13/c...
CBP is deporting cruise ship crew over child pornography allegations without evidence
Advocacy groups say more than 100 cruise ship crew members have been deported in recent months, and they're not being shown the evidence against them.
reason.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Latest: CBP has been targeting cruise ship crews for deportation and revoking their work visas based on allegations of viewing or posting child pornography.
But detainees aren't shown the evidence against them or given any due process before they're summarily deported reason.com/2025/08/13/c...
But detainees aren't shown the evidence against them or given any due process before they're summarily deported reason.com/2025/08/13/c...
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August 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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truly, a grand jury
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors said today they went to a grand jury twice to indict a D.C. woman for assaulting an FBI agent during an arrest by ICE — and were twice rejected.
Notably, she faces the same charge as the District's alleged sandwich thrower.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Notably, she faces the same charge as the District's alleged sandwich thrower.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
US Attorney Pirro's office admits grand jury refused ICE interference charges — twice
Federal prosecutors told a judge they had failed twice to secure an indictment against Sydney Lori Reid for allegedly assaulting an FBI agent during an ICE arrest.
www.wusa9.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
truly, a grand jury
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"If Trump is denying access to outlets that refuse to lick his boots, then any media outlet that has access is compromised. Journalists who want to be worthy of the name have a moral obligation to follow the AP’s example in enraging the toddler in chief."
The AP provides a model of effective press resistance
Credibility is more important than access.
www.publicnotice.co
February 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"If Trump is denying access to outlets that refuse to lick his boots, then any media outlet that has access is compromised. Journalists who want to be worthy of the name have a moral obligation to follow the AP’s example in enraging the toddler in chief."
"Curiosity killed the cat. Integrity killed the journalist." -Mystery Case Files: The Black Veil, hidden object game
February 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"Curiosity killed the cat. Integrity killed the journalist." -Mystery Case Files: The Black Veil, hidden object game
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We failed to stop fascism's rise. Now it's dancing about on the White House lawn. I don't know how to fix all this but I do know that the shit we've been doing won't get us out of this one.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
We failed to stop the rise of fascism. What comes next?
How to navigate the future without a map.
shatterzone.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
We failed to stop fascism's rise. Now it's dancing about on the White House lawn. I don't know how to fix all this but I do know that the shit we've been doing won't get us out of this one.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...
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Fuck. This is so fucking stupid.
January 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Fuck. This is so fucking stupid.