TESCREAL
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by Timnit Gebru and Émile P. Torres in 2023 as an umbrella term for related movements.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛskɹiəl/, /ˈtɛskɹil/
Proper noun
[edit]TESCREAL (uncountable)
- Acronym of transhumanism, extropianism, Singularitarianism, cosmism, rationalism, effective altruism, longtermism.
- 2023 May 10, Anjana Ahuja, “We need to examine the beliefs of today’s tech luminaries”, in Financial Times[2]:
- People who are very rich or very clever, or both, sometimes believe weird things. Some of these beliefs are captured in the acronym Tescreal. The letters represent overlapping futuristic philosophies — bookended by transhumanism and longtermism — favoured by many of AI’s wealthiest and most prominent supporters.