Dystopia Now

De: Kate Willett and Emile Torres
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  • Dystopia Now is a show where a comedian (Kate Willett) and an academic (Emile Torres) explore the philosophies and religions of Silicon Valley and tech billionaires shaping our country, our world, and our future.
    2025
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  • Q & A Part 1 -- Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

    Q & A Part 1 -- Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
    Apr 23 2025
    This week we answered some questions from our Patreon supporters. It's like a mini episode on a bunch of different topics, including the worst book I've ever heard of. We covered Èmile's journey out of longtermism, Yudkowsky's Harry Potter fan fic, end-times narratives, and how we will one day beat the tech bros by withholding our labor. If you'd like to hear part 2 become a subscriber here: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow Articles Mentioned in This Episode and Further Reading AI Ethics Louisiana is using a mysterious algorithm to decide who gets parole – The Verge https://www.theverge.com/news/647405/louisiana-tiger-algorithm-paroleWhy Sam Altman wants AI to say "please" and "thank you" – Quartz https://qz.com/open-ai-sam-altman-chatgpt-gpt4-please-thank-you-1851777047 TESCREAL and End Times End Times: How Fascism, the Far Right, Trump, and Musk are converging – The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-muskOverview of TESCREAL (by Èmile) The acronym behind our wildest AI dreams and nightmares – Truthdig https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-acronym-behind-our-wildest-ai-dreams-and-nightmares/ Effective Altruism & Scandals The sexual harassment scandal tearing Effective Altruism apart – TIME https://time.com/6252617/effective-altruism-sexual-harassment/Sam Bankman-Fried funded 'woke shit' for transactional purposes, prosecutors allege – VICE https://www.vice.com/en/article/sam-bankman-fried-funded-woke-shit-for-transactional-purposes-prosecutors-allege/The rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried – The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/23/sam-bankman-fried-rise-and-fall-detailsDefective Altruism – Current Affairs https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2022/09/defective-altruismEffective Altruism’s bait-and-switch: From global poverty to AI doom – Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/29/effective-altruisms-bait-and-switch-from-global-poverty-to-ai-doomerism/ Neoliberalism Neoliberalism’s World Order – Review of Quinn Slobodian's Globalists – Dissent https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/neoliberalism-world-order-review-quinn-slobodian-globalists/The Bastards of Neoliberalism – New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/04/the-bastards-of-neoliberalismThe Geneva School, Hayek, and Neoliberal Nationalism – Jacobin https://jacobin.com/2022/11/neoliberalism-geneva-school-nationalism-mises-hayekReview of Hayek’s Bastards by Quinn Slobodian – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/books/review/hayeks-bastards-quinn-slobodian.htmlRace Science, Neoliberalism & Hayek – Jacobin https://jacobin.com/2025/04/race-science-neoliberalism-hayek-slobodian Rationalism Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_of_Rationality Transhumanism Beyond our ape-brained meat sacks: Can transhumanism save us? – The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/04/beyond-our-ape-brained-meat-sacks-can-transhumanism-save-our-speciesThe Frozen Father of Modern Transhumanism: Upwingers and Downwingers – VICE https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-frozen-father-of-moden-transhumanism/
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  • Sam Altman Part 2: Doomsday Prepping and Simulation Hypothesis

    Sam Altman Part 2: Doomsday Prepping and Simulation Hypothesis
    Apr 17 2025
    Please consider becoming a subscriber on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/dystopianow/membership This episode we began with a discussion of Peter Singer and eugenics ideas in the Effective Altruism community. And more Sam Altman-- his firing at Open AI, his doomsday prepping and his version of utopia. Sam Altman & OpenAI Moore’s Law for Everything – Sam Altman’s Blog OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Is a Survivalist Prepper – Futurism Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny – The New Yorker The Most Powerful Man in AI – New York Magazine OpenAI Controversy The Real Story Behind Sam Altman's Firing From OpenAI – WSJ Former OpenAI Employee Sounds Alarm on Altman – Futurism Sam Altman Reinstated at OpenAI – The Guardian Tech Utopias & Praxis Altman-Backed Praxis Eyes Kyiv and Athens for Tech Utopia – Bloomberg Praxis: Tech Dystopia as the Next America – The Nerd Reich Science, Ethics & Philosophy Dyson Sphere – WikipediaSimulation Hypothesis – Wikipedia The Matrix as Reality: Simulation Hypothesis Explained – Vox Longevity & Biohacking Sam Altman Invested $180M in Anti-Aging Startup Retro Biosciences – MIT Technology Review Ethics, Exploitation & Effective Altruism Red Cobalt: Mining in the Congo – NPRShrimp Welfare Project – Official Site Introducing the Shrimp Welfare Project – Effective Altruism Forum Against Speciesism – Jacobin
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  • Sam Altman Part 1: Building God, Scanning Eyeballs

    Sam Altman Part 1: Building God, Scanning Eyeballs
    Apr 10 2025

    Become a member on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow

    This week, we begin to explore the mystery that is Sam Altman of Open AI. We cover the AI Doomer coup, Sam's Worldcoin metal orb that scans your retinas, his friendship with Peter Thiel, and his views on restructuring our government with AItopia. We also talked about the weirdo tech billionaire plot to do a Mars colonization trial run on Greenland. An hour in, we had barely scratched the surface of Sam, so we'll be back with a Part 2.

    Further Reading on Sam Altman:

    The Inside Story of Sam Altman’s Ouster—and Reinstatement—at OpenAI – TIME
    https://time.com/6551117/sam-altman-openai-ouster-return/

    Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Launches Amid Privacy Concerns – The Verge
    https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/24/23805254/worldcoin-sam-altman-iris-scanning-launch-privacy

    Sam Altman Has a Big, Scary Plan for the World – The Atlantic
    https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/08/sam-altman-worldcoin-openai-ai-ethics/674928/

    Sam Altman’s Secret Fundraising Spree – The Information
    https://www.theinformation.com/articles/sam-altmans-secret-fundraising-spree

    OpenAI Drama: What Really Happened with Sam Altman – New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/technology/openai-sam-altman-chaos.html

    The Worldcoin Controversy Explained – MIT Technology Review
    https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/25/1076412/worldcoin-biometric-id-sam-altman/

    Praxis & Greenland Articles

    Greenland 'Freedom City'? Rich donors push Trump for a tech hub up north – Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greenland-freedom-city-rich-donors-push-trump-tech-hub-up-north-2025-04-10/

    I Went to Greenland to Try to Buy It – TechCrunch
    https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/i-went-to-greenland-to-try-to-buy-it-meet-the-founder-who-wants-to-re-create-mars-on-earth/

    Peter Thiel Thinks the Next Great City Should Be in Greenland – InsideHook
    https://www.insidehook.com/internet/peter-thiel-praxis-next-great-city-greenland

    Cybercity of the Future: How an Ambitious 29-Year-Old Plans to Build Praxis – NY Post
    https://nypost.com/2025/04/06/world-news/robo-cops-ai-schooling-food-from-3-d-printers-and-post-work-future-are-anticipated-for-praxians/

    Tech Utopian Project Praxis Gets $525 Million in Commitments – Wall Street Journal
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/tech-utopian-project-praxis-gets-525-million-in-commitments-for-planned-heroic-city-f4623e98

    Altman-Backed Praxis Scouts Kyiv, Athens for Tech Utopia Base – Bloomberg
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-08/altman-backed-praxis-scouts-kyiv-athens-for-tech-utopia-base
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