Since we coined the term “TESCREAL,” a new variant of the ideologies in this group, called effective accelerationism (e/acc), has emerged. Effective accelerationists believe that the probability of a bad
The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and t…59. Eliezer Yudkowsky Twitter post, archived on 13 February 2023, at https://web.archive.org/web/20230213224423/https://twitter.com/esyudkowsky/status/1131208777032560640, accessed 1 February 2024.
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Garry Tan
entrepreneur · 2 mentions across 1 reading
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Garry Tan appears primarily as a passing reference in the course materials, cited through his association with effective accelerationism (e/acc) and the broader TESCREAL ideological bundle that the readings critique. His inclusion signals how Silicon Valley venture capital figures have embraced techno-optimist acceleration frameworks that the course examines as problematic intersections of AI development, utopian thinking, and market ideology. The readings use him as a marker of how e/acc has emerged as a newer variant within tech-solutionist movements that the seminar interrogates.
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