What We Owe the Future

What We Owe the Future

by William MacAskill

9 mentors recommend this 344 pages

Why we should organize our plans to include the well-being people 10s or even 100s of generations into the future, and how we should go about doing that kind of planning.

ISBN: 9781541618633

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Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry

Entertainment

"A book of great daring, clarity, insight and imagination."

Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan

Author

"Don't miss this is provocative, important and highly original book."

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Liv Boeree

Liv Boeree

Science & Research

"Our guidebook to navigating this critical moment."

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Chris Anderson

Media & Journalism

"This is a really important book. The core argument is that our single biggest moral obligation is to the countless billions of people we hope will be born in the future. They're invisible to us. They shouldn't be. They represent the future of consciousness."

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Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Technology

"Worth reading. This is a close match for my philosophy."

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Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein

Media & Journalism

"Will change your sense of how grand the sweep of human history could be, where you fit into it, and how much you could do to change it for the better."

Julia Galef

Julia Galef

Science & Research

"A fascinating, profound read."

Sam Harris

Sam Harris

Philosophy & Religion

"Altogether thrilling and necessary."