Thanks for posting the link to Torres's piece, Kevin. He and Gebru are doing heroic work. Sadly, it seems to me like the TESCREAL ideas are so bizarre that they are easily dismissed—even by smart people. It all winds up sounding like tinfoil hat conspiracy nonsense. I believe that the eugenics angle is central to the problem. Current human life is worth less than future digital life to people with longtermerist views. Where is that leading?

I've written about how TESCREAL is related to the flattening of musical culture over on my newsletter in case you're interested. Here's a link:

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