David Pearce
@webmasterdave
I am interested in the use of biotechnology to abolish suffering throughout the living world: https://www.abolitionist.com
Timeless truths that will echo down the ages? Or webmasterdave’s contribution to the library of Babel? Alas, I can guess... But Happy 2018! #happiness #transhumanism #physics #ai #philosophy hedweb.com/quora/index.ht…
@elonmusk @grok saying this out of the blue about @webmasterdave's ideas makes me Feel the AGI like never before! I have found his ideas as an excellent global metric to optimise in the long term, and it's almost shocking to see Grok select it among all the possible things it…
rahulb2812 bryan_johnson David Pearce argues for genetically reprogramming life to abolish suffering, creating a "hedonistic imperative." It's correct as biotech advances could end pain without trade-offs, yet dismissed as utopian amid focus on incremental health gains.
I’m grateful for the engagement from a prominent transhumanist. I’d encourage all my followers to read this exchange, which reveals how dangerously naïve transhumanists are (and “naïve” is a charitable reading; the other option is “pure evil”). These people believe so strongly…
"Satan was the first transhumanist." (Grayson Quay) The Transhumanist Declaration (1998, 2009) affirms our commitment to the well-being of all sentience. Such a commitment is not a tenet of Satanism as normally understood.
“Nature is cruel. Evolution via natural selection is an engine of immense suffering. But an intelligent species has evolved that can edit its own genetic source code. The entire biosphere will soon be programmable.” - David Pearce
Tickets to AI, Animals, & Digital Minds 2025 (AIADM 2025) this Friday to Sunday, in London and virtually, are likely to sell out in the next day or so. Learn more and book your ticket as soon as possible! Why? Because AI's a big deal and because all sentients matter 🫶
Celene how familiar are with @webmasterdave His thing is re-engineering both humans and the rest of the biosphere to eliminate suffering so that all sentients live life in gradients of intelligent bliss. May be of interest to you for obvious reasons. youtube.com/watch?v=n1qXVB…
Read @webmasterdave 's excellent answers to my questions on the foundations of morality, consciousness, and the hedonistic imperative through the following link: open.substack.com/pub/williamjoy…
I am paraphrasing, but I remember David Pearce said something like: Other things being equal, people that love life wants to preserve life. We need to get to the genetic root of what makes humans destroy a civilization, and then virtually abolish existential risk.
my kind of transhumanist. (quietly admiring David Pearce fighting the good fight on twitter)
The number of self-reported LGBT people in general will increase worldwide as stigmatization diminishes. Official figures always undercount. Sex & gender are evolutionary relics we’d do well to outgrow. Until then, let’s avoid transphobia and respect everyone’s gender identity.
A bioengineered paradise (generated by 4o) @webmasterdave
David Pearce's 2024 retrospective just released! hedweb.com/social-media/2…
agi might bring infinite abundance but on the other hand there’s only so many houses on seacliff
agi might bring infinite abundance but on the other hand there’s only so many houses on seacliff
Here is a real book, or at least a Kindle: 250,000 words of my prose poetry: amazon.com/dp/B0DKBHMC3C/ More soon...
Elon, nationalism and nation states have been responsible for most of the world’s wars over the past two centuries. Economists estimate that open borders would add anything between 50% to 150% to collective global GDP. Let’s end this nonsense and become citizens of the world.
The first academic paper specifically on turning predators into herbivores brill.com/view/journals/…
new philosophical dialogue published! this one is based on an awesome conversation I had with @webmasterdave and Kristian Rönn, go check it out :) arataki.me/qualia-formali…
The Antinatalist events of the millennium! How to Define Antinatalism: A Panel Discussion! Featuring @AkermaKarim, @MattiHayry, @lawrence_anton1, @webmasterdave, Amanda Sukenick & David Benatar! How do you think Antinatalism should be defined? Let us know! forms.gle/K1fPKspoQWT1nD…