“Future bias”, or why people seem to care more about their future experiences than about their past experiences.
A possible solution to moral fanaticism, where you can end up preferring options that give you only a very tiny chance of an astronomically good outcome over options that give you certainty of a very good outcome
How much of humanity’s resources we should spend on improving the long-term future
How large the expected value of the continued existence of Earth-originating civilization might be
How we should respond to uncertainty about the state of the world
The state of global priorities research
You can listen to the episode here or read the transcript here.
Christian Tarsney on future bias and a possible solution to moral fanaticism
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80,000 Hours just released their latest podcast episode, an interview with Christian Tarsney from the Global Priorities Institute. Topics discussed:
“Future bias”, or why people seem to care more about their future experiences than about their past experiences.
A possible solution to moral fanaticism, where you can end up preferring options that give you only a very tiny chance of an astronomically good outcome over options that give you certainty of a very good outcome
How much of humanity’s resources we should spend on improving the long-term future
How large the expected value of the continued existence of Earth-originating civilization might be
How we should respond to uncertainty about the state of the world
The state of global priorities research
You can listen to the episode here or read the transcript here.