About this episode
Paris Marx is joined by Émile P. Torres to discuss why longtermism isn’t just about long-term thinking, but provides a framework for Silicon Valley billionaires to justify ignoring the crises facing humanity so they can accumulate wealth and go after space colonization. Émile P. Torres is a PhD candidate at Leibniz University Hannover and the author of the forthcoming book Human Extinction: A History of Thinking About the End of Humanity . Follow Phil on Twitter at @xriskology . Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast ( @techwontsaveus ) and host Paris Marx ( @parismarx ) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon . Find out more about Harbinger Media Network at harbingermedianetwork.com . Also mentioned in this episode: Émile wrote about the dangers presented by longtermism and its relationship to Elon Musk . Paris wrote about Jeff Bezos’ vision of life in space and why Elon Musk is planning for climate catastrophe . Elon Musk was tweeting about birth rates again (he has some odd views on who should be having kids) and retweeted someone praising a paper by longtermist Nick Bostrom. After moving to Texas, its governor said Elon Musk liked the state’s “ social policies ” (in reference to abortion limitations) to little pushback, then Musk forced California employees to move to Texas. Support the show