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My interpretation: e/acc is the descent of Silicon Valley venture capitalists into extremism, propelled by the threat of high interest rates. Another factor is
by sergiomattei 3y ago
My interpretation: e/acc is the descent of Silicon Valley venture capitalists into extremism, propelled by the threat of high interest rates.
Another factor is a more (justifiably) pulled-back approach to the tech industry, as people & govts realize the harms of letting technologists run loose and play fast with their power (social media companies are a good example).
Tech optimism (not the odd a16z variety) is great. This wave of e/acc is odd. It feels like an old guard trying to retain relevancy. The world no longer spins around venture capitalists anymore.
- cyanydeez 3y agomy interpretation of this and prosperity gospel and effective altruism: they're para social vanity beliefs that simply justify them doing what they want to do. nothing more than a facade operating under capitalism is good.
- davidgerard 3y agoI mean, they're neoreactionaries. Remember how Andreesen literally recommended the co-author of the original Fascist Manifesto as someone we should all be looking to. It's the same as the proto-Fascism (to speak very precisely) of the Italian Futurists: forward to an authoritarian future with technology.