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#292 - How Much Does the Future Matter?

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Future of Value Lock-In

Technology will give us greater and greater power to control the values of the population. I think that's a way in which the long-term future could go, he says. The most extreme case is when ruling beings are digital rather than biological. And then we would lose out on pressure for moral ideas to change. But again, I'm not claiming this is likely or even possible.

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