Episode #29
Will MacAskill - Longtermism, Altruism, History, & Technology
Listen now | Improving the future, risk of extinction & collapse, technological & moral change, problems of academia, who changes history.
August 9, 202256m10 chapters
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What this episode covers
Listen now | Improving the future, risk of extinction & collapse, technological & moral change, problems of academia, who changes history.
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Key takeaways
- Effective Altruism and Western values
- The contingency of technology
- Who changes history?
- Longtermist institutional reform
- Are companies longtermist?