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Thursday, June 26, 2025

Worst case scenario

RFK Jr. is threatening the foundation of children's health in this country and we all need to be paying attention.

Get loud. Stay loud.

https://www.threads.com/@annieandrewsmd/post/DLWKx3Ax6rw?xmt=AQF04lwq27jsB4yX08K7OIZ6Kf9rk5XDJd9ZRFQb2b02Cg

Sunday, June 1, 2025

The Techno-Futuristic Philosophy Behind Elon Musk’s Mania

"…The balance of evidence is such that it would appear unreasonable not to assign a substantial probability to the hypothesis that an existential disaster will do us in," Bostrom wrote, adding later in the paper, "With technology, we have some chance, although the greatest risks now turn out to be those generated by technology itself."

Whether or not Musk read the paper, he has echoed Bostrom and other proponents of longtermism, including the philosopher William MacAskill. MacAskill became something of a celebrity intellectual among technologists and financiers, to whom he preached an "earning-to-give" approach to philanthropy. Sam Bankman-Fried, the now disgraced crypto magnate, was one of his biggest acolytes. Musk touted MacAskill's 2022 book, "What We Owe the Future," saying on X — the social media network that he owns — that the explication of longtermist thinking is "a close match to my philosophy."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/business/elon-musk-longtermism-effective-altruism-doge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare