TESCREAL is a techno-utopian, futurist worldview that combines several belief systems and philosophical movements concerned with technology, the future of humanity, and existential risk.

• Transhumanism: The belief that technology can and should be used to enhance human capabilities, potentially leading to a "posthuman" state where humans can hack death, upgrade the human body and brain like an iPhone and live forever as digital gods.
• Extropianism: An old school techno-utopian ideology focusing on the idea of radical technological progress and overcoming limitations like death, and entropy, often with a focus on space colonization and creating "posthuman" minds.
• Singularitarianism: The belief that the creation of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) will lead to a technological "singularity" or rapture, a point where technological progress accelerates beyond human comprehension, potentially transforming humanity or even leading to human extinction.
• Cosmism: A philosophical-spiritual movement that advocates for the expansion of humanity into the cosmos, and potentially the resurrection of all humans through future technologies.
• Rationalism: A belief in reason and logic as the primary tools for acquiring knowledge and making decisions, often associated with communities that attempt to overcome cognitive biases and improve decision-making.
• Effective Altruism (EA): A social movement focused on using reason and evidence to determine the most effective ways to improve the world and maximize positive impact. One idea that originated from EA is Earn to Give, which suggests that people should choose to work for a well-paying company and donate their money to a nonprofit instead of working for a nonprofit and earning a low salary.
• AI Accelerationism/AI Risk (Doomerism):
• AI Accelerationism: Proponents advocate for the unrestricted development and deployment of AI, often seeing it as a necessary step in the evolution of human civilization.
• AI Risk (Doomerism): This perspective emphasizes the potential dangers of AI, particularly the possibility of AI becoming unaligned with human values and goals, potentially leading to catastrophic consequences.
• Longtermism: An ethical framework that emphasizes the importance of considering the long-term future of humanity and prioritizing actions that have the greatest positive impact on future generations, potentially even at the expense of present-day humans and needs.

Main actors: White, wealthy males in the tech industry.

Some of the above opinions derive from The Nerd Reich’s Silicon Valley’s Scary New Religion: TESCREAL