Bogna Konior Explains the Dark Forest Theory of the Internet

In this episode, Nance and I are joined by Bogna Konior to discuss her new book 'The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet' in which she reflects on the relation between intelligence and deception. If we believe that there are many alien civilizations out in the universe, then why is the universe so silent (Fermi)? Why is the universe a dark forest in which we all feel threatened by the possibility of announcing our existence to other beings? Along the way, we discuss the CCRU, Nick Land, Anna Greenspan, Kierkegaard's interpretation of Abraham's silence, Star Wars, cute accelerationism, synthetic Bognas, the Berserker series, angels and AI erotics, etc. Here's the link to Bogna's book: https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Forest-Th... Sign up here to get access to the lectures from my Philosophy Portal course on Slavoj Žižek, Nick Land, and the Singularity: https://www.patreon.com/posts/nick-la... You can support my work on Patreon here:   / thedangerousmaybe   Take a look at Nance's work on Three Billion Nances:    / @threebillionnances   https://nanceee.substack.com/ Listen to The Dangerous Maybe Theme by Christian Michael Poynter (or any of his other music) here: -    / @christianmichaelpoynter   https://open.spotify.com/artist/4cWBV...   / christian-michael-poynter