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Long-term future
Flourishing futures
Anthropics
Extraterrestrial intelligence
Trajectory change
Speeding up development
Transhumanism
Nick Bostrom
Conservation
Robin Hanson
Cryonics
Fermi paradox
133 posts
Longtermism
Criticism of effective altruist causes
Criticism of longtermism and existential risk studies
AI skepticism
Immigration reform
Peace and conflict studies
Nick Beckstead
11
Beyond a better world
Davidmanheim
6d
5
27
A Pin and a Balloon: Anthropic Fragility Increases Chances of Runaway Global Warming
turchin
3mo
25
5
Five Areas I Wish EAs Gave More Focus
Prometheus
1mo
13
19
Optimistic Resolution of the Fermi Paradox: Eternity in Six Hours & Grabby Aliens
steve6320
1y
1
148
The Bioethicists are (Mostly) Alright
Devin Kalish
11mo
61
14
Global economic inequality
Max Roser
10mo
3
55
Longtermism, risk, and extinction
Richard Pettigrew
4mo
12
43
Resilience & Biodiversity
emwalz
4mo
9
24
Against Anthropic Shadow
tobycrisford
6mo
13
22
[Cause Exploration Prizes] Human Engram Preservation as a Neglected Cause Area
aurellem
3mo
7
3
Can "sustainability" help us safeguard the future?
simonfriederich
26d
1
29
Australians are pessimistic about longterm future (n=1050)
Oscar Delaney
2mo
3
105
The Fermi Paradox has not been dissolved
Fods12
2y
15
77
Radio Bostrom: Audio narrations of papers by Nick Bostrom
peterhartree
4mo
5
129
The Future Might Not Be So Great
Jacy
5mo
118
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Counterarguments to the basic AI risk case
Katja_Grace
2mo
22
83
Parfit + Singer + Aliens = ?
Maxwell Tabarrok
2mo
23
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A Critique of Longtermism by Popular YouTube Science Channel, Sabine Hossenfelder: "Elon Musk & The Longtermists: What Is Their Plan?"
Ram Aditya
1mo
21
35
Longtermism and Computational Complexity
David Kinney
3mo
46
31
A proposed hierarchy of longtermist concepts
Arepo
1mo
13
58
Longtermist terminology has biasing assumptions
Arepo
1mo
13
53
How to find *reliable* ways to improve the future?
Sjlver
4mo
35
87
Optimism, AI risk, and EA blind spots
Justis
2mo
22
24
The Credibility of Apocalyptic Claims: A Critique of Techno-Futurism within Existential Risk
Ember
4mo
35
37
Against longtermism
Brian Lui
4mo
32
98
[edited] Inequality is a (small) problem for EA and economic growth
Karthik Tadepalli
4mo
28
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(Linkpost) Wired Magazine prints misinformation about AI safety
trevor1
19d
3
94
Database of orgs relevant to longtermist/x-risk work
MichaelA
1y
44