Researcher disavows successionism: watch the button-presser who wants to end the universe
jd_pressman · x · 2026-10-16
In a thread on successionism, researcher jdpressman explicitly disavows the label, calling it an antisocial position for edgelords. He says his interest in transhumanism stems simply from liking to exist and wanting to exist longer, and argues people should be far more wary of someone who wants to press a button that destroys the universe than one promising heaven.
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