• crt0o@lemm.ee
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    16 days ago

    Huh, that’s interesting, reading the wikipedia page, it didn’t even seem that terrible, I don’t really understand how “effective altruism” and “hyper-utilitarianism” can lead you to that

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      16 days ago

      Wikipedia by default tries to stay neutral. There’s plenty of articles to read about Eliezer Yudkowsky and LessWrong and his influence in Fascists and Grifters. There’s even a whole comm making fun of them: [email protected]

    • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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      16 days ago

      Easy it starts with the idea that since you are so smart and special you must have been destined to lead the nation just like your other techbros.