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Bonus: The Worst Ideas in the History of the World

80,000 Hours Podcast

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Why Future People Matter Morally

Will McCaskill: It just seems like intuitively not harm is harm wherever it occurs. The fact that someone will suffer is bad in and of itself, even if they will live 10,000 years from now. But I have serious reservations with number one, which is where we'll start with my list by strong reasons for why future people might not matter morally.

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