Fwiw, my impression is that within the EA community, endorsing a nonzero pure time preference is a minority reason why people don’t agree with longtermism. Doubts about tractability seem much more important.
Namely, that longtermism is bad because it advocates for drastic actions (such as setting up a global police state) based on small probabilities of large payoffs.
Fwiw, my impression is that within the EA community, endorsing a nonzero pure time preference is a minority reason why people don’t agree with longtermism. Doubts about tractability seem much more important.
Outside the EA community, I think Torresian arguments about fanaticism dominate.
What are “Torresian arguments about fanaticism” if you don’t mind? >.>
Namely, that longtermism is bad because it advocates for drastic actions (such as setting up a global police state) based on small probabilities of large payoffs.