Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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The most vomit-inducing document of 2023 has to be the "Techno-Optimist Manifesto," written (oh so obviously) by a billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist. Join Jason, Rob, and Asher if you feel like sharing in some outrage and learning about a WAY better manifesto that just so happens to focus on the world's smallest monkeys.
Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.
References:
• Marc Andreessen's horrifying "Techno-Optimist Manifesto (a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/) "
• Peer-reviewed paper featuring Jason's far superior "Dehumanist Manifesto (bit.ly/RSIC-Journal-Dec2023) "
• Description of the pygmy marmoset (animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/pygmy-marmoset)
• The idea of Beth Sawin's Multisolving Institute (ssir.org/articles/entry/the_magic_of_multisolving)
• The dark triad (simplypsychology.org/dark-triad-personality.html) -- narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy
• The original paper on the taxonomy of Phalse Prophets (resilience.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/A-Species-level-Taxonomic-Treatment-of-the-Phalse-Prophets-with-Hypotheses-on-their-Origin-and-Evolution.pdf)
• Article by Richard Heinberg (resilience.org/stories/2023-11-17/can-we-save-the-world-without-free-will/) about free will.
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Send us a text (buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/244372/open_sms)
The most vomit-inducing document of 2023 has to be the "Techno-Optimist Manifesto," written (oh so obviously) by a billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist. Join Jason, Rob, and Asher if you feel like sharing in some outrage and learning about a WAY better manifesto that just so happens to focus on the world's smallest monkeys.
Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.
References:
• Marc Andreessen's horrifying "Techno-Optimist Manifesto (a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/) "
• Peer-reviewed paper featuring Jason's far superior "Dehumanist Manifesto (bit.ly/RSIC-Journal-Dec2023) "
• Description of the pygmy marmoset (animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/pygmy-marmoset)
• The idea of Beth Sawin's Multisolving Institute (ssir.org/articles/entry/the_magic_of_multisolving)
• The dark triad (simplypsychology.org/dark-triad-personality.html) -- narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy
• The original paper on the taxonomy of Phalse Prophets (resilience.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/A-Species-level-Taxonomic-Treatment-of-the-Phalse-Prophets-with-Hypotheses-on-their-Origin-and-Evolution.pdf)
• Article by Richard Heinberg (resilience.org/stories/2023-11-17/can-we-save-the-world-without-free-will/) about free will.
Support the show (postcarbon.org/supportcrazytown/)
