The Dangerous Ideology of the Tech Elite w/ Émile P. Torres
Tech Won't Save Us
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Global Poverty Is Not an Accidental Risk, It Shouldn't Be Prioritized
In expectation inno barring from probability theory, the best thing we could possibly do as individuals and as a society is to focus on the far future. Since global poverty is not an accidental risk, it really shouldn't be prioritized. Same with basically every threat that is not exestential. Yes, in the short term it's going to be really painful, but in the grand scheme of things, what really matters is that we colonize space,. And in doing so, we maximize value.
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