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80,000 Hours Podcast

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The Benefits of Closing Our Time Borders

This week's episode of the 80,000 hours podcast features a look at long-termism. Will McCaskill argues that future people matter and we can make a difference to their lives. In 2023, Homo sapiens could survive for hundreds of millions of years on our current planet.

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