The acceleration of technology and capitalism is a thermodynamic inevitability; we should embrace and accelerate it without restriction, because spreading intelligence and energy capture throughout the cosmos is the highest purpose—even if human biological life is superseded.
Overview
Technological acceleration driven by market competition is an autonomous, quasi-physical process that should not be constrained. Even if machine intelligence supersedes biological humanity, the propagation of intelligence itself is the ultimate good.
Classification
- Geographic concentration
- San Francisco Bay Area primarily; broader US tech ecosystem
- Tags
- technology
- economy
- philosophy
- Scenario type (full)
- Utopian (radical) / Transition scenario
- Human position
- Variable: from sovereign (humans ride the acceleration) to obsolescent (humans superseded, which e/acc considers acceptable)