Extropic Thoughts

From Trinity to the Singularity: Why AI Doom Analogies Fail

Two favorite arguments of AI ‘doomers’—the nuclear ignition scare and the CFC ban—fail completely as analogies for pausing AI.

Nov 5 • 

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September 2025

More Misrepresentations of Transhumanism

Journalist Matt Taibbi and Aaron Kheriaty get it wrong

Sep 3 • 

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August 2025

The Non-Singular Singularity

Singularity Series Part 2

Aug 24 • 

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June 2025

Putting Brakes on the Singularity

The Singularity Series 1

Jun 22 • 

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December 2024

Talking to My 1980 Self About the Future

I was excited about the future. How did it work out?

Dec 27, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Should You Take Experimental Life Extension Drugs?

And a blog essay on effective accelerationism and two podcasts

Nov 2, 2024 • 

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September 2024

My Substack Summer

What I read in Summer 2024

Sep 20, 2024 • 

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Peak Stuff: The Dematerialization of the Economy

“As the economy grows, we use a growing amount of resources.” If asked if that statement is true probably the vast majority of people would say that it…

Sep 18, 2024 • 

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The Voice of the Void

The Far End of the Human-Hating Spectrum

Sep 6, 2024 • 

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July 2024

USA Life Expectancy Hits New High

Claims about falling life expectancy are incorrect but population fears remain ungrounded

Jul 16, 2024 • 

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May 2024

Failures of Nerve and Imagination

How should we think about the probability that we will be able to revive biostasis patients and other futuristic propositions?

May 28, 2024 • 

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April 2024

Limits of Limits to Growth

The fatal flaws in Malthusian thinking

Apr 3, 2024 • 

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