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#292 - How Much Does the Future Matter?

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Importance of Future Generations

Aristotle was only much less famous than he is now. Was the fact that we are talking about Aristotle now increasing his fame? Does that increase his well-being? And is obviously not in fact- I'm sure you're prepared to say no. But so again, that's the phrase I'm actually not familiar with. When I hear you say satisfaction of anything, including preferences, aren't we talking about conscious experience, actual or potential? On this view, it's no. So suppose that Avastat will want it to be famous and he wasn't very famous during his time. He would love to debate that. Absolutely. As a sidebar, you and I can figure

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