Yeah that phrasing really sticks in the mind. I could have sworn I read that article a handful of years ago, but I guess it was last year. Fits into the whole accelerationism discourse going onInstead of just lording over us for ever, however, the billionaires at the top of these virtual pyramids actively seek the endgame. In fact, like the plot of a Marvel blockbuster, the very structure of The Mindset requires an endgame. Everything must resolve to a one or a zero, a winner or loser, the saved or the damned. Actual, imminent catastrophes from the climate emergency to mass migrations support the mythology, offering these would-be superheroes the opportunity to play out the finale in their own lifetimes.
So weird how half of acellerationism seems to be for the purpose of "winning" the hellscape, and the other half seems to be for the purpose of getting to the hellscape fast enough that the first group isn't able to "win"