Accelerationism is the belief that making existing problems worse is the fastest way to produce a better future.
Depending on the version, that can mean encouraging economic disruption, institutional collapse, political polarization, or even violence because crisis is viewed as a necessary catalyst.
In its most extreme form—used by some white supremacist terrorists—violence is intended to accelerate social breakdown and provoke civil conflict. Less violent versions can still justify ignoring short-term human costs on the assumption that technological or historical progress will ultimately outweigh them.
There’s actually a whole section in the vcinfodocs link above, but their version is called e/acc for “effective accelerationism” as an antithesis of “effective altruism”
To add to this comment, people who believe in this philosophy call themselves accelerationists.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerationism?wprov=sfti1
Accelerationism is the belief that making existing problems worse is the fastest way to produce a better future.
Depending on the version, that can mean encouraging economic disruption, institutional collapse, political polarization, or even violence because crisis is viewed as a necessary catalyst.
In its most extreme form—used by some white supremacist terrorists—violence is intended to accelerate social breakdown and provoke civil conflict. Less violent versions can still justify ignoring short-term human costs on the assumption that technological or historical progress will ultimately outweigh them.
There’s actually a whole section in the vcinfodocs link above, but their version is called e/acc for “effective accelerationism” as an antithesis of “effective altruism”