Will-to-Think
A blog post by Nick Land, Outside in (xenosystems.net), dated 15 September 2014. Read in the archive capture of 17 September 2014; the post is no longer served at its address.
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- Will-to-Think Outside in (xenosystems.net) · published 2014-09-15 · Archive capture 20140917022211 of the post, read in its raw replay by the archive retrieval of 2026-11-02 (research/archive-fetch-held-2026-11-02/report.md; SHA-256 39b8ee8855856f09cdcd1a80198cbeac0e79e09c60cac5733a4d5896b38c7ed2, equal to the hash the cross-family check of 2026-11-01 recorded). The post shows the date September 15, 2014. The page shows the author label “admin”; the attribution to Nick Land rests on xenosystems.net being his blog, Outside in, whose posts Jessica Taylor’s review of 2024 (recorded in this collection) attributes to him; the archive retrieval did not independently establish the account’s identity. The post is no longer served at its address; the session applying the decision could not reach the archive.Archived copy, captured 2014-09-17: Will-to-Think. Captured 2 days after the recorded publication date. An archive copy shows only what the archive retrieved on 2014-09-17. It does not prove what the page said earlier, and it can differ from the copy checked on 2026-11-02.
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- The growth of intelligence as its own endLand’s post “Will-to-Think” (Outside in, xenosystems.net, 15 September 2014) concludes, in its final note, that our instrumental but also absolute priority is the realization of superior minds.2014-09-15 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗The growth of intelligence as its own end: propositions page →
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