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What We Owe the Future

Yazan: William MacAskill
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An Oxford philosopher makes the case for “longtermism”—that positively influencing the long-term future is a key moral priority of our time

The fate of the world is in our hands. Humanity’s written history spans only five thousand years. Our yet-unwritten future could last for millions more—or it could end tomorrow. Astonishing numbers of people could lead lives of great happiness or unimaginable suffering, or never live at all, depending on what we choose to do today.

In What We Owe The Future, philosopher William MacAskill argues for longtermism, that idea that positively influencing the distant future is a key moral priority of our time. From this perspective, it’s not enough to reverse climate change or avert the next pandemic. We must ensure that civilization would rebound if it collapsed, counter the end of moral progress, and prepare for a planet where the smartest beings are digital, not human.

If we put humanity’s course to right, our grandchildren’s grandchildren will thrive, knowing we did everything we could to give them a world full of justice, hope, and beauty.

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Good message. Logic is fairly convincing, but not quite ironclad. All in all - with reading, but not at the top of my recommendation list.

Moderately convincing

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he's been criticised for being too optimistic but this is a good book that puts things in perspective. narrated by the author... It takes half an hour to get used to, but it's an important work, so bear with!

optimistic... uplifting

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good read, lots of great information,
doesn't look towards the future as much as the title makes out.
interesting thinking

not bad, but gets a bit lost at times

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Ideas worth sharing and germinating in people's minds, in my opinion this book is framing the questions we need to consider in novel way and one that I believe is important. Hopefully this philosophy can grow and become a more influential concept in our world and society.

A good philosophical case for long termist thinking

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There's a central conjecture that most people who will ever live, live in the future. Consequently, decisions today have an outside impact on the cumulative history of humanity.

A lot of the rest is then the discussion of philosophical arguments related to how best to contexrualise that reality Are lives intrinsically good? How do you measure the positive consequences for one species against another? What makes a value system a good or bad one?

Then of course there is the discussion of our responsibility to steer humanity down a positive track, in particular around reducing existential risks uniquely posed in the modern era.

Overall, thought provoking.

Mostly philosophy, but interesting

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