[ExI] Effective accelerationism (e/acc) is good

[Giulio Prisco]

On 2023. Dec 8., Fri at 17:02, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> The intent is good; the name is unfortunate.  It brings connotations of
> "effective altruism", which is struggling with those who have used it as a
> cover for ill deeds (as well as concerns over whether it has been effective
> in practice), and "accelerationism", a political philosophy that tries for
> "make things worse so the people (in charge or at large) will have to wake
> up and do the right thing" but in practice usually only achieves "make
> things worse".
>

I think the name was coined in the spur of the moment as a word play on
effective altruism, but yes, I think extropy is a much better name for
pretty much the same thing. I’m sure Verdon agrees, or he wouldn’t have
called his company extropicAI. However, the label e/acc has gained momentum.


> On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 11:49 PM Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> Effective accelerationism (e/acc) is good. Thoughts on effective
>> accelerationism (e/acc), extropy, futurism, cosmism.
>> https://www.turingchurch.com/p/effective-accelerationism-eacc-is
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