Effective Accelerationism
A movement born online in 2022 that argues for accelerating AI, energy and innovation through the market and without regulation, treating technological progress as a moral imperative and rejecting advocates of slowing down.
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In one sentence
I want to accelerate AI, energy and innovation through the free market, with no regulation or degrowth, treating technological progress as a moral duty.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Strong · Federal
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Strong · Liberty
Power
- Leaning · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Balanced
Diplomacy
- Leaning · Nationalist
Intervention
- Strong · Private
Economy
- Strong · Free market
Control
- Strong · Globalism
Trade
- Leaning · Irreligious
Religion
- Balanced
Morality
- Very strong · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Control
Leans further toward free market than 86% of the 248 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 63This ideology 22
Of all the axes, Control is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Diplomacy
On Diplomacy, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 45This ideology 56
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Ray Kurzweil
An American inventor and futurist, Kurzweil popularized transhumanism and the Singularity, predicting the fusion of humans and machines and the radical expansion of human capacities through technology.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyLeonard PeikoffObjectivist philosopher95%
SociallyMilton FriedmanEconomist97%
EconomicallyJefferson DavisPresident of the Confederate States100%
Other compatible profiles
Intellectual lifeNathaniel BrandenObjectivist psychologist95%
EconomicsPaulo GuedesEconomist93%
EconomicsPaul RomerEconomist92%
PoliticsBarry GoldwaterPolitician92%
PoliticsKim KataguiriFederal deputy92%
BusinessJeff BezosEntrepreneur91%
PhilosophyBaruch SpinozaPhilosopher91%
EconomicsFriedrich HayekEconomist91%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
California (United States)
Techno-progressive regionThe most populous US state, California is a global hub of technology and culture, with strongly progressive, environmentalist, and technocratic politics and a gigantic, innovative market economy.
Other close countries
São Paulo (Brazil)
Industrial-financial regionBrazil's most populous and wealthiest state, São Paulo is the country's industrial and financial engine, marked by strong economic liberalism, a cosmopolitan culture, and decisive weight in national politics.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyZug (Switzerland)Crypto-fiscal region91%
SociallyNew Hampshire (United States)Libertarian-fiscal region92%
EconomicallyHong Kong (China)Technocratic-financial region100%
The most distant
Dutch Republic (United Provinces)
1581–1795A pioneering modern merchant republic, the United Provinces were a confederation governed by a commercial oligarchy, marked by religious tolerance, free trade, and immense naval and financial power at their height.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyRenaissance Florence1115–153273%
SociallyFree Territory (Makhnovshchina)1918–192171%
EconomicallyBritish Empire1837–1901100%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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Closest within Libertarian
- Libertarian
Objectivism
Philosophy created by Ayn Rand that exalts reason, individualism, and rational egoism, defending laissez-faire capitalism and the pursuit of one's own happiness as the supreme moral purpose of each person's life.
- Libertarian
Libertarian Militarism
A doctrine combining a minimal state in taxation, regulation and morals with strong armed forces and an armed citizenry: national defense is the one expanded state function, treated as the condition of civil liberty rather than its exception.
- Libertarian
Minarchism
Libertarian branch that defends a minimal state limited to police, courts, and defense, leaving everything else to the market and private initiative, to protect individual rights without oppressing freedom.
Closest in other spectrums
- Right
Neoliberalism
Current that advocates free markets, deregulation, privatization, and fiscal discipline, reducing the state's economic role and trusting competition and monetary stability as engines of prosperity.
- Right
Capitalism
Economic system based on private property, free markets, and the pursuit of profit, in which production and prices are regulated by competition and supply and demand, with individual initiative as its engine.
- Center
Liberalism
Political tradition that places individual freedom at the center, defending rights, tolerance, the rule of law, a market economy, and limits on power, with government subject to the consent of citizens.
The most distant ideology
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