Why I am not a longtermist – Windows On Theory
[Apologies for yet another “philosophizing” blog post, hope to get back to posts with more equations soon… Should also mention that one response to this piece was that “anyo…
[Apologies for yet another “philosophizing” blog post, hope to get back to posts with more equations soon… Should also mention that one response to this piece was that “anyone who writes a piece called “Why I am not a longtermist” is probably more of a longtermist than 90% of the population ” 🙂 –Boaz] “ Longtermism ” is a moral philosophy that places much more weight on the well-being of all future generations than on the current one. It holds that “positively influencing the long-term future is a key moral priority of our time,” where “long ter
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related reading
- ⚡️ Towards Ineffective Altruismreboothq.substack.com
- Longtermism Is Surprisingly Obviousbenthams.substack.com
- Longtermism: An Introduction | Effective Altruismeffectivealtruism.org
- Why I am probably not a longtermist — EA Forumforum.effectivealtruism.org
- Understanding "longtermism": Why this suddenly influential philosophy is so toxic - Salon.comsalon.com
- Effective altruism’s most controversial ideavox.com
- Longtermism - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Intro to Longtermism - Fin Moorhousefinmoorhouse.com
- You will be OK — LessWronglesswrong.com
- A Case Against Strong Longtermism | Vaden Masranivmasrani.github.io
- Introduction to Longtermism — EA Forumforum.effectivealtruism.org
- The Dangerous Ideas of “Longtermism” and “Existential Risk”currentaffairs.org