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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 3h

Substantivism claims technology develops according to its own internal logic, its momentum shaping society whether we wish it to or not. It is the worldview behind "technology is out of control." Substantivism animates much of today’s “doomer” discourse. breadandrobots.substack.com/p/the-politi...

The Politics of Limits

Substantivism and the Crisis of the Modern Left

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 1d

A baby bump in 2021 and early 2022, strongest among college-educated women, the population most able to use hybrid work. Women with remote options were more likely to try for a child. thehill.com/opinion/whit...

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 1d

China's AI supremacy with the masses

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 1d

Join us in Paris June 11-12, 2026 www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-cen...

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Paul Quelle-Horreur 😱🎃 @paulkelleher.net · 1d

"Democrats counter that granting legal rights to a park or a body of water isn’t much different than granting First Amendment rights to a corporation."

Not quite the argument I would've gone with.

Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 1d

Wisconsin Dems introduce bills to protect 'rights of nature,' reinstate mining law via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/13/w...

Wisconsin Assembly Dems introduce bills to protect ‘rights of nature’ and reinstitute mining law • Wisconsin Examiner

A package of bills announced Monday by Wisconsin Democrats would grant "rights of nature" to Devil's Lake State Park.

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 2d

Cory Doctorow's newest book provides ideas for how to de-enshittify the world wide web that’s become our everyday life. slate.com/technology/2...

He Coined the Word That Describes Why the Internet Sucks Right Now. His New Book Could Help Make It Better.

His newest book provides ideas for how to de-enshittify the world wide web that’s become our everyday life.

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 2d

J. Hughes will speak on military enhancement

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 2d

Apply Today for the Bioethics Education International Winter School 2025 program and deepen your understanding of these pressing issues! www.linkedin.com/posts/global...

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Bioethics Education International posted a video on LinkedIn

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 2d

Longtermist philosopher Will MacAskill talks with Aaron Bastani about the future, birthrates, and the AI threat to democracy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS2E...

Democracy Is Under MASSIVE Threat From AI. Here’s Why | Aaron Bastani Meets Will MacAskill

YouTube video by Novara Media

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 2d

The second contribution from AFT, the French technoprogressives, to the IEET Technoprogressive Policy project, on transnational collaborations for pro-social technologies. ieet.substack.com/p/for-a-glob...

For a Global Public Initiative for AI Safety and Radical Healthy Longevity

Inspired by the example of CERN

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 2d

Asst Prof position at Oregon State University in Ethics and Artificial Intelligence, Robotics (such as robot ethics, ethics of robotics research, ethics and field robotics, etc.), and Emerging Technologies jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/173...

Assistant Professor

The School of History, Philosophy, and Religion is seeking an Assistant Professor. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 9-month, tenure-track faculty position.The School of History, Philosophy, and Religio...

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 3d

In China AI boyfriends are more common. The gender imbalance in China, combined with growing resistance to patriarchal family structures has led many urban, educated women to seek parasocial forms of romance. www.chinatalk.media/p/why-americ...

Why America Builds AI Girlfriends and China Makes AI Boyfriends

and what it all means

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 3d

The global depressors on life expectancy today: Obesity and diabetes, particulate matter pollution and lead exposure, low birthweight and short gestation, and surges in anxiety, depression, suicide and substance abuse, especially among young Americans. www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/h...

Global life expectancy is back to pre-pandemic levels, but deaths among teens and young adults are rising | CNN

Humans are living 20 years longer than they were in 1950, according to new research with all 204 countries and territories studied reporting declines in their mortality rates since then. But vast ineq...

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 4d

"The conservative shop owner displaced by automation has more in common with the liberal professor replaced by AI tutors than either has with the billionaire who erased them. When the educated middle class lose faith in gradual reform, they engineer it." thehill.com/opinion/tech...

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 5d

Topol's Super Agers is a review of cutting-edge approaches to tackling illnesses that cut lives short, including CRISPR gene editing and stem-cells. Topol, like most researchers in the field, argues that anything that decreases life expectancy is an anti-aging target. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The cutting-edge medical approaches that could transform ageing

An optimistic take on the state of the longevity field provides hope for treating a range of ageing-related diseases — but feels at odds with the current shape of US research.

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 5d

UMass Amherst researchers demonstrate that their nanoparticle-based vaccine can effectively prevent melanoma, pancreatic and triple-negative breast cancer in mice. 88% of the vaccinated mice remain tumor-free. medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10...

Nanoparticle vaccine prevents multiple cancers and stops metastasis in mice

A study led by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers demonstrates that their nanoparticle-based vaccine can effectively prevent melanoma, pancreatic and triple-negative breast cancer in mice...

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 6d

Part I of a three-part series exploring the philosophies of technology shaping our future: Instrumentalism, Substantivism, and the Critical Theory of Technology.
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The Myth of Neutral Technology

Why technology is never just a tool

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CitizenCyborg @citizencyborg.bsky.social · 6d

Matteo and I had a lovely conversation about technoprogressivism as a new flavor of social democracy on his new podcast Bread and Robots. breadandrobots.substack.com/p/technoprog...

Technoprogressivism and Social Democratic Futures – With James Hughes

What technoprogressivism is, why it matters, and how it can power a democratic, egalitarian future

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 7d

Call for Applications: Bioethics, AI Politics and a New World Order, Online School, Dec 15-20, 2025
In a world torn apart by conflict and disorder, the intersection of bioethics, AI, & global governance. Early Reg deadline Nov 5, 2025
[email protected]
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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 10d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 9d

On the other hand, the One Ring would make alignment a snap.

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 10d

Today's new episode: Cartesianism and Gender

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Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age.

#philsky #podcast

Early modern image of women in 17th c France

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 9d

Pointing out illiberal and anti-human rhetoric and myth-busting AI hype is important. But humanist rhetoric around AI is also weaponized, and digging into politicians and corporations that use it to defend the status quo is crucial, writes @mmblaszczyk.bsky.social.

Confronting Empty Humanism in AI Policy | TechPolicy.Press

Overtly humanist, democratic, and romantic rhetoric is easily co-opted by sophisticated market players and politicians, writes Matt Blaszczyk.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 9d

For last week's podcast, Justin Hendrix spoke to John Wihbey, an associate professor at Northeastern University and the author of a new book titled Governing Babel: The Debate Over Social Media Platforms and Free Speech—And What Comes Next, out this week from MIT Press. Listen here:

Governing Babel: John Wihbey on Platforms, Power, and the Future of Free Expression | TechPolicy.Press

Wihbey is the author of Governing Babel: The Debate over Social Media Platforms and Free Speech—and What Comes Next, a book from MIT Press.

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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 9d

Are we ready for customizable lovebots designed to push our most primal buttons? SEX ROBOT MADNESS (1.5 hrs) is a fast-paced, unapologetic dive into the human-machine intimacy, where the line between connection and commodification blurs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZTh...

Sex Robot Madness | True Story Documentary Channel

YouTube video by True Story Documentary Channel

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