Remember the future
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Replying to @elonmusk
The far future is vastly, many-orders-of-magnitude more important than the present. Here's a a short Effective Altruism blog on why:https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/26/18023366/far-future-effective-altruism-existential-risk-doing-good …
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Replying to @primalpoly @elonmusk
True, but we also discount the future because of possible risks. I bet that at any reasonable discount rate, those quadrillions matter less than the billions alive today.
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Replying to @ask_ourself @elonmusk
And yet, the more risks we avoid effectively, the less we have to discount the future...
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