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WhySpace17 karma2015-12-10 19:55:34 UTC
Hello!
Why do you concentrate so much on a measly couple billion people suffering today, rather than the 10’s of billions or even trillions of people yet to be born?* It seems like even a small change in the order technologies are developed in could dramatically impact the trajectory of our civilization to avoid astronomical loss, do astronomical amounts of good, make utopian futures more likely, and make dystopias less likely.
*Number range is extremely rough, and assumes that roughly half of people who will ever exist have already been born.
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WhySpace11 karma2015-12-10 20:59:14 UTC
Additional advice here: http://blog.givewell.org/2011/12/20/give-now-or-give-later/
WhySpace17 karma
Hello!
Why do you concentrate so much on a measly couple billion people suffering today, rather than the 10’s of billions or even trillions of people yet to be born?* It seems like even a small change in the order technologies are developed in could dramatically impact the trajectory of our civilization to avoid astronomical loss, do astronomical amounts of good, make utopian futures more likely, and make dystopias less likely.
*Number range is extremely rough, and assumes that roughly half of people who will ever exist have already been born.
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