i felt you neglected this aspect of the human experience, which is to say that future people are not disfranchised. We care about them quite a bit. i care more about my child than my grandchild if my grandchild is not born. But the potential for my grandchild to be born, which which i have in mind, is not ignored. It's not, i don't ignore it. I agree that it takes a some of the things mea if we met the world where people didn't care about their children or their grandsoldren children at all, we would be in an even worse place.
Philosopher William MacAskill of the University of Oxford and a founder of the effective altruism movement talks about his book What We Owe the Future with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. MacAskill advocates "longtermism," giving great attention to the billions of people who will live on into the future long after we are gone. Topics discussed include the importance of moral entrepreneurs, why it's moral to have children, and the importance of trying to steer the future for better outcomes.