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What We Owe the Future

by William MacAskill

  • FINISHED
  • Finished May 2024
  • First published 2022

philosophy ethics longtermism effective altruism

MacAskill argues that people living far in the future matter morally and that we can shape their lives now.   He discusses values, extinction risk, and the stakes of technology.