One way to increase the solidarity of EAs and longtermists, and to increase the gravitas with which longtermism is associated, is to have a public pledge or petition that people can sign. Public intellectuals, academic faculty, and prestigious individuals can be recruited to sign and publicly highlighted if they agree to sign. This would facilitate longtermism becoming a social norm. That this could have high impact is demonstrated, for example, by the substantial underconsideration of the risks of nuclear war (from the Russia-Ukraine war) by many public intellectuals’ public comments at the moment.
A public longtermism pledge/petition
Effective altruism
One way to increase the solidarity of EAs and longtermists, and to increase the gravitas with which longtermism is associated, is to have a public pledge or petition that people can sign. Public intellectuals, academic faculty, and prestigious individuals can be recruited to sign and publicly highlighted if they agree to sign. This would facilitate longtermism becoming a social norm. That this could have high impact is demonstrated, for example, by the substantial underconsideration of the risks of nuclear war (from the Russia-Ukraine war) by many public intellectuals’ public comments at the moment.