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207 | William MacAskill on Maximizing Good in the Present and Future

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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I'm Like, ah, we haven't figured the stuff out.

"My practical attitude is like, ah, we haven't figured the stuff out. If i try and take action on it, i feel about as equally likely that i'll do harm as i'll do good," he says. "i can't think of a much better strategy than trying to insure that future generations exist."

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