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#512 - Will MacAskill - How Long Could Humanity Continue For?
Modern Wisdom
Long Termism Is About Taking the Interest of Future Generations Seriously
Long termism is about looking at the future as something which needs to be taken seriously. And then from ther turn to think, oke, what are the things that could be happening in our lifetime,. like engineer pandemics and greater than human level artificial intelligence. What are the events that really could have o civilization ort eject level impacts? And then finally, taking action, trying to figure out, ok, what can we do to insure that we navigate these challengers and try to bring about a wonderful future for our grandchildren and their grandchildren andtheir grandchildren and so on.
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