A Long Read on "Opting Out of the Human Project"
round · x · 2026-07-11
This is a repost of a Big Think print article framing the US as an "Opt-Out Nation." The author uses a historical and futuristic narrative to connect Gilded Age-style geo-engineering/hyper-capitalism with Y2K-era predictions of "humans becoming cosmic refugees due to an AI intelligence explosion."
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