Archive - Extropic Thoughts

Talking to my 1980 self about the future

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

Dec 27, 2024 •

November 2024

Should You Take Experimental Life Extension Drugs?

And a blog essay on effective accelerationism and two podcasts

Nov 2, 2024 •

September 2024

July 2024

USA Life Expectancy Hits New High

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

Jul 16, 2024 •

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 •

April 2024

Limits of Limits to Growth

The fatal flaws in Malthusian thinking

Apr 3, 2024 •

March 2024

Remembering Vernor Vinge

The Singularity, aliens, and the future of creativity

Mar 23, 2024 •

Scarcity or Abundance? Place Your Bets

Fantasies of doom and measures of abundance

Mar 14, 2024 •

February 2024

The Making of a Small World

Fiction (satire) by Mike Perry

Feb 24, 2024 •

R Michael Perry

Peak Oil Hysteria

Understanding production and reserves and why we will never run out of oil

Feb 15, 2024 •

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