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We catch up with World Cup news, engage in some vile orientalism about Qatar, and take a look at American colleges and universities partnering with gambling sites to wring some more profit out of their students and sports programs. Then, an in-depth reading series on a Peter Thiel-aligned movement of eugenics, biological optimization, “secular Calvinism,” and more dubious effective altruism, all wrapped up in one couple and their plans to out-breed the world.

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Anonymous

We really need to stop letting billionaires read Dune

Anonymous

It's so strange how these self styled genius think they're the first to stumble upon these really basic eugeno-capitalist concepts that have been scraped to death for the last hundred years. Like if these brainiac racecar drivers did any homework, they'd go 'oh this has been answered a thousand times before. I should do something else'

Laura

Will, thanks for the catharsis. I read that article a few days ago and I really needed to hear some other people tear it apart. These people do not appear to experience being human in any way that feels familiar to me.

Doug Cartel

love to doom my huge son before he's even born by deciding to name him Deus Ex Machina

Doug Cartel

Does anyone remember Kissinger claiming AI was the biggest threat to humanity? they got to him already and he's probab;y been spreading that cancer all over.

Doug Cartel

but yeah, the fascist obsession with genetics and its inability to reconcile "supermen" with high explosive autocannons is a bottomless well of comedy. Going to Ukraine to preserve the white race and then you run into a BMP. whoops

Anonymous

its gonna be so fucking funny when all of elon musks 30 children grow up to be failsons and destroys whatever wealth he leaves behind trying to turn the human brain into a mobile app or something

Anonymous

If you enjoyed this episode read Hyperion by Dan Simmons

John Williams

Of course they will. The shocking thing about these people is how little they understand children and people in general. If our children commit to have 8 children for a mere 11 generations, we will outnumber humanity! What could go wrong?!? And they will all be exactly like us, preserving memes like the dying embers of a once great civilization.

Justin Buell

Yall got to start putting these article links in the show notes

Anonymous

i love matts rant about the absolution of heroism

Marina Hanna

Excellent episode, boys. I could listen to Matt yell at us about Calvinism all day.

Carol Marg

Credit card companies do have booths set up at orientation and in student unions 😭