”then we’ll have to learn how to live happily in a constrained world, in a truly sustainable way.”
I agree this is the natural consequence and the path to follow for Effective Altruism when it comes to longtermism: the needs of future beings shouldn’t be limitted by our egoist excesive present comsuption of energy and materials.
“If having forever more material goods is not an option”
If we believe the second law of thermodynamics, then infinite comsuption of materials is not an option, as recycling will never hit 100%.
The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics—The gaping hole in the middle of the circular economy
”then we’ll have to learn how to live happily in a constrained world, in a truly sustainable way.”
I agree this is the natural consequence and the path to follow for Effective Altruism when it comes to longtermism: the needs of future beings shouldn’t be limitted by our egoist excesive present comsuption of energy and materials.
I absolutely agree !