Hello! I've listened to you on Sam Harris and on the 80,000 podcasts, and done quite a bit of reading (though not your book yet!)
I have two questions if possible:
Why is effective altruism and longterm-ism used almost always interchangeably? Cant you be an EA but place huge value on the people that are alive and suffering //today// much more than any possible improvements to the trillions of the future?
If so, then how can one place more value to improving future lives (of those who dont exist), vs improving current lives (those who do)? This is related to a brief point Sam made in his discussion with you about the asymmetry of people suffering //now// vs people who do not exist not suffering in future.
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Hello! I've listened to you on Sam Harris and on the 80,000 podcasts, and done quite a bit of reading (though not your book yet!)
I have two questions if possible:
Why is effective altruism and longterm-ism used almost always interchangeably? Cant you be an EA but place huge value on the people that are alive and suffering //today// much more than any possible improvements to the trillions of the future?
If so, then how can one place more value to improving future lives (of those who dont exist), vs improving current lives (those who do)? This is related to a brief point Sam made in his discussion with you about the asymmetry of people suffering //now// vs people who do not exist not suffering in future.
Thank you!
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