Will McCaskill: How do we balance taking joy in the moment, in the day? Do you feel like you've been sort of put on this earth to some degree to advocate for future humans? Are you allowed to experience joy as fully as you would like to? Will share five key insights from his new book What We Are The Future with us.
If the human race lasts as long as a typical mammalian species and our population continues at its current size, then there are 80 trillion people yet to come. Oxford philosophy professor William MacAskill says it's up to us to protect them.
In his bold new book, "What We Owe the Future," MacAskill makes a case for longtermism. He believes that how long we survive as a species may depend on the actions we take now.
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