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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Whether anyone can actually do anything about how good the future is, rather than whether it matters, is the strongest objection to prioritising it. Whether anyone can actually doanything about how good the futureis, rather than whether it matters,is the strongest objection toprioritising it. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 · a year ago WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Working on how good the long-run future is does not require accepting consequentialism or believing that you should always maximise the good. — tap to centre the map on it Working on how good thelong-run future is does notrequire acceptingconsequentialism or believing… Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 · a year ago WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Improving how good the future turns out to be, given that humanity survives, is roughly as high a priority as preventing extinction. — tap to centre the map on it Improving how good the futureturns out to be, given thathumanity survives, is roughlyas high a priority as… Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 · a year ago WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: We should act on the assumption that we have almost no idea what the best futures would look like, so committing today to any particular vision would be a great mistake. — tap to centre the map on it We should act on theassumption that we have almostno idea what the best futureswould look like, so committing… Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 · a year ago WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is muchcloser to the present day thanit is to the best futuresactually available to us. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 · a year ago WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Longtermism is not the same thing as caring about the long-term future or about future generations; it goes far beyond that. — tap to centre the map on it Longtermism is not the samething as caring about thelong-term future or aboutfuture generations; it goes… Last stated 5 years ago 19 Oct 2021 · 5 years ago ÉT Émile P. Torres — holds since 2021-10-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is better to be an optimist who works hard than a pessimist who writes about why things will not work, because no amount of such essays moves society forward. — tap to centre the map on it It is better to be an optimistwho works hard than apessimist who writes about whythings will not work, because… Last stated a month ago 4 Aug 2026 · a month ago SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-08-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: People will matter more in an AI future, not less, and giving them better tools is what makes that future a good one. — tap to centre the map on it People will matter more in anAI future, not less, andgiving them better tools iswhat makes that future a good… Last stated 3 months ago 10 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago MZ Mark Zuckerberg — holds since 2026-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Longtermism, which treats fulfilling humanity's long-term potential as the overriding moral priority, is a worldview worth defending. — tap to centre the map on it Longtermism, which treatsfulfilling humanity'slong-term potential as theoverriding moral priority, is… Last stated 5 years ago 19 Oct 2021 · 5 years ago ÉT Émile P. Torres — no longer holds since 2021-10-19 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Whether anyone can actually do anything about how good the future is, rather than whether it matters, is the strongest objection to prioritising it. Last stated 3 Aug 2025 · a year ago Holds William MacAskill Read this korrent →