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Two: Dr Toby Ord on why the long-term future matters more than anything else & what to do about it

Effective Altruism: An Introduction – 80,000 Hours

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The Effects of the Cold War

He foresaw a cold war even years before the fa. I i wont want to but he wasn't listened to on this, but he had a very good shot at it. John f. Kennedy was involved in some of them, all of his military council urged him to invade cuba during the mistal crisis. And then there were a whole lot of other near mist s like this during the cold warwher we got very close to to a hot war. He's an example of an individual who, you know, history like relates this episode in great detail. A, and we can actually see the effects that he had. There were other individuals that had a large effect as well

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