What do Longtermism • Genocide • Eugenics have in common? @davetroy
The Dangerous Ideas of “Longtermism” and “Existential Risk. So-called rationalists have created a disturbing secular religion that looks like it addresses humanity’s deepest problems, but actually justifies pursuing the social preferences of elites.
By Émile P. Torres
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/07/the-dangerous-ideas-of-longtermism-and-existential-risk
@TheodoreSeuss @davetroy According to the "longtermist" view, killing literally everyone else and then repopulating the universe with one's own clones would be morally good. Am I reading that correctly? Are these people really *that* awful?
