"Of all the people whose well-being we should care about, only a small fraction are alive today. ... This conclusion holds true regardless of whether your moral framework is based on common sense, consequences, rules of conduct, cooperation, virtue..."https://buff.ly/2MJQ1jH
I didn't read the article, but 'm assuming you want us to care more about satisfying preferences of previous generations, who outnumber us ~13-to-1. (Unless you think the expected number of future humans to be large, which is a surprisingly optimistic view of existential risk!)https://twitter.com/willmacaskill/status/1037704475430068224 …
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Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much we can do about past generations
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