On the Value of Advancing Progress — EA Forum
(PDF available) • I show how a standard argument for advancing progress is extremely sensitive to how humanity’s story eventually ends. Whether advan…
On the Value of Advancing Progress — EA Forum Hide table of contents On the Value of Advancing Progress by Toby_Ord Jul 11 2024 11 min read 39 127 Economic growth Differential progress Long-term future Longtermism Progress studies Trajectory change Curated On the Value of Advancing Progress References 39 comments (PDF available) I show how a standard argument for advancing progress is extremely sensitive to how humanity’s story eventually ends. Whether advancing progress is ultimately good or bad depends crucially on whether it also advances the end of humanity. Because we know so little about
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