Far-future effects are the most important determinant of what we ought to do
Weakly agree (at least if we caveat that I believe in some sort of deontic constraints on utility maximizing.) I think it is unclear that we can influence the far future in a predictable way, but slightly more likely than not, and I think the expected number of people and other sentient beings in the far future is likely very, very large as Greaves and McAskill argue.
David Mathers🔸 comments on September ’25 EA Newsletter poll: Strong Longtermism