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Every space programme in the world, including India’s, will have to reckon with the priorities of a US space programme driven by transnational tycoons and their pet ideas

Musk says he has drawn inspiration from Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide," Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" series, and the video game "Deus Ex."

Reducing our cult-think means living with ambiguity during tumultuous times. But it’s worth the effort if we put a high value on truth.

Sam Bankman-Fried has gone from one of the biggest names in the crypto industry to its greatest cautionary tale. Now prosecutors want him jailed.

SBF was interested in purchasing the island of Nauru to use as a "bunker" for followers of effective altruism, according to a new lawsuit.

‘Effective altruist’ Sam Bankman-Fried supposedly wanted to buy the Pacific state of Nauru to build a doomsday bunker. Meanwhile, in the real world, quite a few other things need fixing, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Émile Torres has become a thorn in the side of the branch of moral philosophy that advocates prioritising our distant descendants. They explain the danger of utopian movements

The world we have is ugly enough, but tech capitalists desire an even uglier one.

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