Extropians
Organization
A transhumanist intellectual movement and online community that promoted technological progress, life extension, human enhancement, and optimistic visions of posthuman futures, especially during the 1990s.
3 episodes featuring Extropians
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Three camps reshape the AI harms debate
Understanding the Doomers, Accelerationists, and Centrists clarifies the stakes behind arguments over AI safety, regulation, and technological progress.
Oct 1, 2026 · 29 min
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Cal Newport shifts AI debate toward harms already here
The episode argues that emotional dependence, misinformation, and child exposure to chatbots demand more immediate scrutiny than hypothetical superintelligence.
Sep 28, 2026 · 1h 19m
Better Offline
How rationalist ideas shaped the AI race
The episode examines how speculative beliefs about superintelligence moved from online communities into institutions and incentives driving frontier AI development.
Sep 16, 2026 · 1h 24m