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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 Consequences of Humanity

Aeon g to say that, a, ah, the destruction of humanity would be one of the very worst things that could happen. If you know that it's all just going to come to an end in 20 or 30 years time, then just th kind of t the whole point of life is much reduced. And so i think ultimately, i that this fills our time with particular meaning, that what we have to do is to stop this happening.

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