William MacAskill
Person on 3 sites
Oxford philosopher; co-founder of effective altruism and 80,000 Hours.
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
Updated 2025-08-03 -
7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Improving how good the future turns out to be, given that humanity survives, is roughly as high a priority as preventing extinction. (opens korrents.com)
“This essay series will argue that work on Flourishing is in the same ballpark of priority as work on Surviving.”
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Avoiding catastrophe is not enough, because a future in which humanity survives can still fall far short of what was possible. (opens korrents.com)
“On this view, it’s not enough to avoid near-term catastrophe, because the future could still fall far short of what’s possible.”
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A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. (opens korrents.com)
“But the difference in value between the world today and that common-sense utopia might be very small compared to the difference between that common-sense utopia and the best futures we could feasibly achieve.”
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Improving how good the future turns out to be, given that humanity survives, is roughly as high a priority as preventing extinction. (opens korrents.com)
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7 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Precipice (opens rcmnd.app)
“So all of these things are things that I think we can learn, and therefore, I’d encourage reading The Precipice by Toby Ord, which I mentioned in my recommended books.”
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Hear This Idea (opens rcmnd.app)
“There’s also another podcast, Hear this Idea by Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti.”
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Rationally Speaking (opens rcmnd.app)
“I also particularly like Rationally Speaking by Julia Galef as well. It is very good.”
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The Precipice (opens rcmnd.app)