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TESCREAL is an acronym for "Transhumanism, Extropianism, Singularitarianism, Cosmism, Rationalism, Effective Altruism, and Longtermism".

TESCREAL is an acronym for "Transhumanism, Extropianism, Singularitarianism, Cosmism, Rationalism, Effective Altruism, and Longtermism".

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

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Sticky: What Is the "TESCREAL Bundle"? Answering Some Frequently Asked Questions (xriskology.substack.com)	0	Arthur Besse	1	Mon Jun 9, 2025 2:35 pm »

Wikipedia's TESCREAL article (en.wikipedia.org)	0	Arthur Besse	1	Sun Aug 17, 2025 8:19 pm »
The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence (doi.org)	0	Arthur Besse	1	Mon Jun 9, 2025 2:09 pm »
Émile P. Torres: Trolling AI Doomerism and Longtermism (one hour podcast, recorded September 2023) (disruptionlab.libsyn.com)	0	Arthur Besse	1	Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:08 pm »
Nick Bostrom, Longtermism, and the Eternal Return of Eugenics (www.truthdig.com)	0	Arthur Besse	1	Wed May 31, 2023 3:19 pm »
Eugenics and the Promise of Utopia through AGI [Timnit Gebru at SaTML 2023] (www.youtube.com)	0	Arthur Besse	1	Wed May 31, 2023 3:03 pm »
Two threads from @xriskology (Émile P. Torres) explaining the term TESCREAL they coined with Timnit Gebru (twitter.com)	0	Arthur Besse	1	Wed May 31, 2023 2:58 pm »