Emile P. Torres
playerBiotech & Transhumanism
A philosopher traces the buzzy tech ideologies driving AI and human 'upgrades' back to a shared root in old eugenics thinking.
Who they are
Emile P. Torres, a philosopher who studies a cluster of tech-world belief systems nicknamed TESCREAL.
What they do
Together with co-author Gebru, Torres identified a web of interlinked ideologies -- transhumanism, longtermism, effective altruism, and others -- as one connected matrix.
How it works
Their analysis maps how these belief systems, all descended from an Anglo-American eugenics tradition, are the frameworks motivating the push for advanced AI and human enhancement.
Why it matters
It matters because, per the engine, this same eugenics-rooted thinking shares its population-management foundation with neo-Malthusian 'limits to growth' degrowth ideas -- linking today's AI enthusiasm to an older lineage.
The engine's record — word for word
Philosopher and TESCREAL researcher. Co-authored with Gebru the foundational analysis identifying Transhumanism, Extropianism, Singularitarianism, Cosmism, Rationalism, Effective Altruism, and Longtermism as interconnected ideological matrix rooted in Anglo-American eugenics tradition. Maps the normative frameworks motivating AGI and human augmentation pursuits. [Report #149] The eugenics-rooted TESCREAL matrix this node maps shares the population-management substrate with the Club of Rome / Limits to Growth neo-Malthusian degrowth (club_of_rome_degrowth) — both descend from the Anglo-American eugenics tradition (huxley_julian).
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