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Against longtermism
This book is about longtermism: the idea that positively influencing the longterm future is a key moral priority of our time.11 Longtermism is about taking seriously just how big the future could be and how high the stakes are in shaping it.
from What We Owe the Future by William MacAskill
This book is about longtermism: the idea that positively influencing the longterm future is a key moral priority of our time.11 Longtermism is about taking seriously just how big the future could be and how high the stakes are in shaping it.
from What We Owe the Future by William MacAskill
- You might agree that future people matter in the abstract. But it’s this point — that our actions today could meaningfully impact their lives — that might compel you to believe that positively influencing the long-term future should be a key moral priority of a time. This is the idea encapsulated by longtermism.
from An Introduction to Longtermism
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