Tech Elites Have Their Own Religion, and it’s Worse Than You Think

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SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A...

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
9:33 - Transhumanism & The Eternal Return of Eugenics
37:25 - Rationalism: Not So Rational
50:28 - Effective Altruism: The Cult of Math
1:09:33 - Longtermism: missing the forest for the trees...literally
1:25:54 - Divine Founders, Eternal Growth, AI Heaven: The Religion of AGI
1:32:54 - US-topia

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