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Extropia's Children, Chapter 1: The Wunderkind - a history of the early days of several of our very good friends

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Extropia's Children, Chapter 1: The Wunderkind - a history of the early days of several of our very good friends

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SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months ago

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Extropia's Children, Chapter 1: The Wunderkind

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Back in the nineties, a teenage supergenius joined a mailing list. That odd seed led, via Harry Potter, to today's Effective Altruism and AI Risk movements; bizarre cults; and the birth of Bitcoin. This is the surreal saga of Extropia's Children.

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