Hi Phil. I’m also not an authority on the topic, but I think your summary of longtermism is not accurate. You seem to be worried about the effects of the knowledge explosion, which means that you also care about the future. Maybe you disagree with strong longtermism (as I do, for the reasons above) or think that we should worry about the not-so-distant future. I would say that is still to some extent (a fraction of) longtermism. So even if you don’t buy the whole package, you may still agree with a part of longtermism.
Hi Phil. I’m also not an authority on the topic, but I think your summary of longtermism is not accurate. You seem to be worried about the effects of the knowledge explosion, which means that you also care about the future. Maybe you disagree with strong longtermism (as I do, for the reasons above) or think that we should worry about the not-so-distant future. I would say that is still to some extent (a fraction of) longtermism. So even if you don’t buy the whole package, you may still agree with a part of longtermism.