The most obvious implication, however, is regarding what proportion of resources longtermist EAs should be spending on near-term existential risk mitigation versus what I call ‘buck-passing’ strategies like saving or movement-building.
In his excellent Charity Cost Effectiveness in an Uncertain World, first published in 2013, Brian Tomasik calls this approach ‘Punting to the Future’. Unless there are strong reasons for introducing a new label, I suggest sticking to Brian’s original name, both to avoid unnecessary terminological profusion and to credit those who pioneered discussion of this idea.
In his excellent Charity Cost Effectiveness in an Uncertain World, first published in 2013, Brian Tomasik calls this approach ‘Punting to the Future’. Unless there are strong reasons for introducing a new label, I suggest sticking to Brian’s original name, both to avoid unnecessary terminological profusion and to credit those who pioneered discussion of this idea.