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David Pearce

philosopher · 4 mentions across 1 reading

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David Pearce is a transhumanist philosopher best known for articulating the "hedonistic imperative," a principle asserting that biotechnology should be used to eliminate suffering from all sentient life. He appears in the course readings as a key figure within the TESCREAL bundle—a constellation of related ideologies including transhumanism, longtermism, and effective altruism—whose utopian eschatology envisions technological solutions to fundamental problems of human existence. The readings cite Pearce's 1995 manifesto to ground discussions of how contemporary AI ethics and futurist thought are shaped by these quasi-religious convictions about transcendence and technological redemption.

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Pandaemonium Architecture 6.0 — ATEK-639/439 — Fall 2025