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"Technological doom is not something that lies ahead of us. It has already arrived." The demise of humanity is a "gradual disempowerment" that is happening all around us. Conor McGlynn for @compactmag compactmag.com/article/ai-and…

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“Those concerned about AI risk should look beyond questions of policy. Background systems of belief, such as the myth of the machine, condition what we take for granted in our relationship to technology and delimit the possible in policy.” Conor McGlynn in COMPACT compactmag.com/article/ai-and…

“If we just keep upgrading our tech, human life will keep getting better.” Read Conor McGlynn’s piece in COMPACT: compactmag.com/article/ai-and…

The 98th Academy Awards take place and rumors about the new Ayatollah's sexuality emerge. @AshleyAFrawley @g_shullenberger and @stephengadubato join @matthewschmitz podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one…

Does Middle Eastern "boy-love" count as gay? Check out my hot takes on the rumors about the new Ayatollah's sexuality on the @compactmag podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one…

Paul Ehrlich is dead, but his Malthusian arguments aren’t going anywhere. compactmag.com/article/the-lo…

"Despite all the evidence against it, Malthusianism will long outlive Paul Ehrlich. It is simply too appealing to the anxieties of Western elites." Elites have long feared that the lower orders will outbreed them. That fear isn't going away any time soon. compactmag.com/article/the-lo… @darelmass for @compactmag

Paul Ehrlich made Malthusianism great again, to all of our detriment, says @darelmass: compactmag.com/article/the-lo…

Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿: Pay attention to why disability groups overwhelmingly oppose assisted dying legislation: "There is a real distance between anticipated terrors and lived realities." compactmag.com/article/i-am-a…

“Malthusianism also persists because it is a vehicle for the expression of civilizational pessimism.” @darelmass in @compactmag compactmag.com/article/the-lo…

“Malthusianism will long outlive Paul Ehrlich.” Read Darel E. Paul’s @darelmass piece in COMPACT: compactmag.com/article/the-lo…

"Disability is not death, but the assumption that it brings unbearable suffering is becoming a justification for assisted dying." compactmag.com/article/i-am-a…

It is often obvious that people's fears of becoming ill and disabled are driving the assisted dying movement. Being disabled is no doubt difficult, and becoming disabled takes time to adapt to. It's at that moment when people are most at risk from state-sponsored suicide. But we should listen to people with disabilities: Disability is not death. Matthew P. Cavedon for @compactmag compactmag.com/article/i-am-a…

“Able-bodied fears, rather than disabled realities, are distorting public thinking about ‘assisted dying.’” compactmag.com/article/i-am-a…

Rather than telling people with disabilities how horrible their lives are and how it would be better for them to die, let them speak for themselves. Matthew P. Cavedon in @compactmag compactmag.com/article/i-am-a…

“People consistently underestimate the human capacity for adaptation.”  Read Matthew P. Cavedon’s piece in COMPACT: compactmag.com/article/i-am-a…

Empty wombs. Open borders. And a turn toward faith. @Louise_m_perry joins @againstthepod patreon.com/posts/where-we…

I wrote about Habermas (RIP), Alex Karp, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Curtis Yarvin, and how liberalism undoes itself from within: compactmag.com/article/what-t…

Across the political spectrum, defenders of the liberal order sound just like its critics: “Preserving the liberal order may require sacrificing democracy.” Read @g_shullenberger's latest for @compactmag compactmag.com/article/what-t…