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Haunted by the ghosts of materialism

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  1. plastic-enjoyer · · focus · HN ↗
    > Alas, the only flavor of philosophy that’s popular with techies is what I’d call edgelord utilitarianism — a collection of materialist, pseudo-mathematical beliefs favored by the SF Bay Area rationalist community.

    Which is sad, because philosophy of technology does exist and is a young discipline in philosophy.

    1. speedster217 · · focus · HN ↗
      My degree required taking an Ethics in Computer Science course and I thought it was very interesting.
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