Against 'Tao Should Stop Complaining': A Philosophical Pushback on Utopian Superintelligence
akbirthko · x · 2026-09-16
The author pushes back philosophically on optimistic superintelligence narratives: even if safe superintelligence arrives soon, solutions like UBI or Ian Banks's Culture are 'spiritually disrespectful' ways to distribute happiness.
- Argues EA and e/acc are both totalizing, equally fallible ideologies
- Notes most of the world is only now crossing the income threshold where people can aspire — redistribution talk is premature
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