TESCREAL Overview with Kath Barbadoro and Alex Ptak

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This week we welcomed comedians Kath Barbadoro (What a Time to Be Alive podcast) and Alex Ptak (Quorators podcast) to go through each letter in the bundle of ideologies. Who invented them, who believes in them, and the impact they are having on our world today.

Transhumanism

Extropianism

Singularitarianism

Cosmism

Rationalism

Effective Altruism

Longtermism

Extra reading/watching:

Intro clip: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.free.press/video/7457615074945944863

The TESCREAL Bundle: https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/13636/11599

Adam Becker:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/03/tech-oligarchs-musk

The Politics and Ethics of Transhumanism by Alexander Thomas:

https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-politics-and-ethics-of-transhumanism

TESCREAL overview by Èmile:

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-acronym-behind-our-wildest-ai-dreams-and-nightmares/