What We Owe the Future: Could Longtermism Cause Short-Term Damage?
William MacAskill’s ‘What We Owe the Future’ is an audacious plea to help our future humans with longtermism thinking, but it is blind to what we need now.
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William MacAskill’s ‘What We Owe the Future’ is an audacious plea to help our future humans with longtermism thinking, but it is blind to what we need now.
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