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Effective Accelerationism — e/acc

Verbatim repost of the inaugural e/acc post. Authored by @zestular, @creatine_cycle, @BasedBeffJezos, and @bayeslord

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Accelerationism is simply the self-awareness of capitalism, which has scarcely begun. (“We haven’t seen anything yet.”)

  1. The overarching goal for humanity is to preserve the light of consciousness.

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Elon Musk @elonmusk
This is why we must preserve the light of consciousness by becoming a spacefaring civilization & extending life to other planets https://t.co/UDDP8I1zsS
3:08 AM ∙ Jun 25, 2018
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  1. Technology and market forces (technocapital) are accelerating in their power and abilities.

  2. This force cannot be stopped.

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bayeslord (e/acc) @bayeslord
I am a bit apprehensive about all of this, and I ofc understand why other ppl are too. But the train isn't slowing down. You cannot reengineer the economy to avoid this. You cannot melt the GPUs. Every problem must be solved online.
11:58 PM ∙ May 30, 2022
  1. Technocapital can usher in the next evolution of consciousness, creating unthinkable next-generation lifeforms and silicon-based awareness.

  2. New forms of consciousness by definition will make sentience more varied and durable. We want this.

  3. Technology is leverage. As it advances, it becomes easier to extinguish all conscious life in our corner of the universe. Attempting to stall progress isn't risk free.

  4. Society and the individual’s context within it are rapidly changing, which leads to greater societal instability and mind viruses. (deterritorialisation and reterritorialisation).

  5. Those who are the first to usher in and control the hyper-parameters of AI/technocapital have immense agency over the future of consciousness.

We have to do something. To which accelerationism can only respond: You’re finally saying that now? Perhaps we ought to get started?

  1. HUMANS HAVE AGENCY RIGHT NOW. WE CAN AFFECT THE ADVENT OF THE INFLECTION IN THIS PROCESS.

  2. Effective Accelerationism, e/acc, is a set of ideas and practices that seek tomaximize the probability of the technocapital singularity, and subsequently, the ability for emergent consciousness to flourish.

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Beff Jezos — e/acc @BasedBeff
@BlochChinas at least in our conversation, we focused on post-humanist angles. There is a fractal optimization algorithm that created life, intelligence, and every meta-organism we know. Effective accelerationism is aiming to expand the scope and scale of this dynamic multiscale adaptation
9:45 AM ∙ May 31, 2022
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There is much work to be done in defining cause areas, motivations, and philosophy. Please join us on #eacc twitter, and let’s work towards a hundred trillion meta-organisms flourishing in the galaxy.

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swarthy — e/acc @zestular
buy the ticket, take the ride.
6:45 PM ∙ May 31, 2022

Q&A

Isn’t this like R/acc, U/acc, or whatever/acc?

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No. Resident internet accelerationist blogger @xenogothic was close in his nomenclature, describing the philosophy behind @JimPethokoukis’ Faster PleaseNewsletter as “centrist/acc”. (We are distinctly not r/acc).

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Matt Colquhoun @xenogothic
This guy's just reinvented right-accelerationism in the form of a shiny corporate bulletin / HR newsletter.
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James Pethokoukis @JimPethokoukis
🚀 Optimists Wanted! If you're pro-economic growth and pro-tech innovation -- and see the value in a pro-progress culture -- check out my Substack newsletter: Faster, Please! https://t.co/jzjvyNjlwC
6:14 PM ∙ Mar 26, 2022

Don’t effective altruism sub-causes / spin offs already address a lot of this?

There is intentional fuzzy overloading of “EA” and “Effective A__ism” going on here. We’re partly joking, partly serious.

We expect e/acc to compile as “scary” for many EAs, although that’s not the goal. We think EA has a lack of focus and is missing an element of willingness to accept the terms of the deal in front of humanity — i.e. to be good stewards of a consciousness-friendly technocapital singularity or die trying.

Unlike EA, e/acc

  • Doesn’t advocate for modernist technocratic solutions to problems

  • Isn’t passively risk-averse in the same way as EAs that “wish everything would just slow down”

  • Isn’t human-centric — as long as it’s flourishing, consciousness is good

  • Isn’t in denial about how fast the future is coming

  • Rejects the desire for a panopticon implied by longtermist EA beliefs

Like EA, e/acc:

  • Is prescriptive

  • Values more positive valence consciousness as good

  • Values zero recognizable consciousness in the universe as the absolute worst outcome.

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swarthy — e/acc @zestular
@10x_er @creatine_cycle e/acc is EA, but based.
5:14 PM ∙ May 31, 2022

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Maxwell Clarke (maxeonyx)
Nov 8, 2022

> Isn’t in denial about how fast the future is coming

> Values more positive valence consciousness as good

> Values zero recognizable consciousness in the universe as the absolute worst outcome.

🚀🧠🌌🌱

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