Introduction

william mc caskell is an associate professor of philosophy at oxford university. He's been a pioneer in the effective altruism movement, and his most recent work argues that humanity should be thinking long term as to make choices to day. With steve levitt, i've had more than 80 guests on this broadcast, but not a single philosopherand not entirely by accident. I generally don't have much in common with philosophers. They tend to focus on big, complicated questions. So let's see how it goes.