I think it's very odd to like, reduce humanity and how much we care about people that exist to day. The amount of value in the future could be absolutely enormous. And so then you have this cosmic perspective when you see how much value there could exist in the future versus how much value exists right now. Therefore, if you want to do the most good with your life today, don't worry about what will happen in the future. You can look forward rather than back for a reason.
Paris Marx is joined by Émile P. Torres to discuss why longtermism isn’t just about long-term thinking, but provides a framework for Silicon Valley billionaires to justify ignoring the crises facing humanity so they can accumulate wealth and go after space colonization.
Émile P. Torres is a PhD candidate at Leibniz University Hannover and the author of the forthcoming book Human Extinction: A History of Thinking About the End of Humanity. Follow Phil on Twitter at @xriskology.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
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