The founder of Giving What We can started an organization that encourages people to pledge 10% of their income. The group has moved over a billion dollars to the most pressing and cost effective nonprofits in the world, saving over 100,000 lives. "I really see this as advocating for the new approach to philanthropy," he says.
If the human race lasts as long as a typical mammalian species and our population continues at its current size, then there are 80 trillion people yet to come. Oxford philosophy professor William MacAskill says it's up to us to protect them.
In his bold new book, "What We Owe the Future," MacAskill makes a case for longtermism. He believes that how long we survive as a species may depend on the actions we take now.
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