dayumbrah
dayumbrah t1_it8plpp wrote
Reply to comment by backwardog in What we don't owe the future | Longtermism is a philosophy of grandiose ambition but short on useful insights. Our moral obligation is to improve the society we live in, not the ones to come. by IAI_Admin
Notice I said "genuinely improve society"
dayumbrah t1_it8os5k wrote
Reply to comment by backwardog in What we don't owe the future | Longtermism is a philosophy of grandiose ambition but short on useful insights. Our moral obligation is to improve the society we live in, not the ones to come. by IAI_Admin
Nah, if you attempted to harvest all resources you would see a significant collapse of many ecosystems which would have immediate effects
dayumbrah t1_it72e7m wrote
Reply to What we don't owe the future | Longtermism is a philosophy of grandiose ambition but short on useful insights. Our moral obligation is to improve the society we live in, not the ones to come. by IAI_Admin
If you genuinely improve the society we live in then by default you will be improving the future as well sooo cute thought buuuuut no
dayumbrah t1_it8pukl wrote
Reply to comment by backwardog in What we don't owe the future | Longtermism is a philosophy of grandiose ambition but short on useful insights. Our moral obligation is to improve the society we live in, not the ones to come. by IAI_Admin
Okay