Get the lowdown on 'e/acc' — Silicon Valley's favorite obscure theory about progress at all costs, which has been embraced by Marc Andreessen

• There's a new ideological interest in Silicon Valley: effective accelerationism.
• Tech power players, including Marc Andreessen, are showing support by adding "e/acc" to usernames.
• Here's the lowdown on why e/acc is getting traction in tech circles.

There's an obscure theory doing the rounds in Silicon Valley as it quickly becomes the new ideological hobby of tech's power players. It's called effective accelerationism.