--- title: "1 Cease to exist Quotes By Zoltan Istvan" description: "1 Cease to exist quotes by Zoltan Istvan. Plus more from Zoltan Istvan and more Cease to exist sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a60/zoltan-istvan-21799_cease_tef-is-predicated-on-logic-a-simple-wage_2729734.jpg" --- > [TEF is predicated on logic, a simple wager that every human faces: If a reasoning human being loves and values life, they will want to live as long as possible-the desire to be immortal. Nevertheless, it's impossible to know if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/tef-is-predicated-on-logic-a-simple-wager-that-every-human-faces-if-a/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a60/zoltan-istvan-21799_cease_tef-is-predicated-on-logic-a-simple-wage_2729734.jpg) ## Other authors on Cease to exist - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-andre-aciman-459.jpg) André Aciman 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cease-to-exist/andre-aciman/) ## More by Zoltan Istvan > [Transhumanism literally means "beyond human." It's using science and technology to radically change and improve the human species and experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/transhumanism-literally-means-beyond-human-it-s-using-science-and/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) > [“Their management and regulation of our lives spans the total spectrum of American experience, from their obtuse Imperial Measurement System, to their irregularity-strangled English…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/their-management-and-regulation-of-our-lives-spans-the-total-spectrum/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) > [In the future it's very possible you could have an artificial intelligence system that can run the country better than a human being. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/in-the-future-it-s-very-possible-you-could-have-an-artificial/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) > [Frederick Nietzsche was important to me, in teaching that it's okay to strive to improve the human being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/frederick-nietzsche-was-important-to-me-in-teaching-that-it-s-okay-to/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) > [“From our first day alive on this planet, they began teaching society everything it knows and experiences. It was all brainwashing bullshit. Their trio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/from-our-first-day-alive-on-this-planet-they-began-teaching-society/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) > [I'm a fan of the simulation theory. I tend to think that most of our existence, if not all of it, is part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/i-m-a-fan-of-the-simulation-theory-i-tend-to-think-that-most-of-our/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) > [“What prompts alarm in me is how you and your government want to ruin not only the potential of this of this country, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/what-prompts-alarm-in-me-is-how-you-and-your-government-want-to-ruin/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) > [Whoever creates an artificial intelligence first has such a distinct military advantage over every other nation on the planet that they will forever, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/whoever-creates-an-artificial-intelligence-first-has-such-a-distinct/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) > [The American Dream has become a death sentence of drudgery, consumerism, and fatalism: a garage sale where the best of the human spirit is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/the-american-dream-has-become-a-death-sentence-of-drudgery/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) > [What I advocate for is that, as soon as we get to the point when artificial intelligence can take off and be as smart,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/what-i-advocate-for-is-that-as-soon-as-we-get-to-the-point-when/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) > [We didn't evolve through billions of years to remain animals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/we-didn-t-evolve-through-billions-of-years-to-remain-animals/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) > [Once you've created an intelligence so smart, the real job of that intelligence is to protect itself from other intelligences becoming more intelligent than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/once-you-ve-created-an-intelligence-so-smart-the-real-job-of-that/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) > [It amazes me that we spend 20% of the US budget on defense and far-off wars, and not on fighting cancer, disease, and aging.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/it-amazes-me-that-we-spend-20-of-the-us-budget-on-defense-and-far-off/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) > [I think we're already getting to a stage where the basic artificial intelligences are discovering moral systems. I think, in many ways, moral systems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/i-think-we-re-already-getting-to-a-stage-where-the-basic-artificial/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) > [“What seems worst of all, though, is that even the leaders don't recognize this. The greatest danger of the whole mess is that all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoltan-istvan/what-seems-worst-of-all-though-is-that-even-the-leaders-don-t/) [Zoltan Istvan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoltan-istvan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cease-to-exist/zoltan-istvan/#itemlist", "name": "1 Cease to exist Quotes By Zoltan Istvan", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "TEF is predicated on logic, a simple wager that every human faces: If a reasoning human being loves and values life, they will want to live as long as possible-the desire to be immortal. Nevertheless, it's impossible to know if they're going to be immortal once they die. To do nothing doesn't help the odds of attaining immortality-since it seems evident that everyone will die someday and possibly cease to exist. 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