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Human-Extinctionism Is Widespread Within Silicon Valley

Human-Extinctionism Is Widespread Within Silicon Valley

Don't be fooled by the rhetoric of TESCREALists!

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Elon Musk recently tweeted that:

Too much of the environmentalist movement has morphed into a human extinctionist movement
5:37 PM · Apr 5, 2024
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Many such movements... initially noble goal, progressively co-opted by the extinctionist mind virus

Beff Jezos, aka Guillaume Verdon, responded with a reference to the “extinctionist mind virus.”

But both Musk and Verdon are extinctionists. This is the topic of my newest article in Truthdig, titled “Team Human vs. Team Posthuman—Which Side Are You On?” You can read it here. I provide an overview of the article’s main poi…

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