Hi,
I’m a recent graduate in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, working as a software engineer in London.
I’m new to treating EA as more than just an interesting idea, and I’m looking for ways I could plan my future with impact in mind—I’m very open to a wide range of options.
I don’t believe that people who are never born lose out on something they never had, and I don’t see additional tragedy in humanity’s narrative being cut short, but I do want to improve the welfare of future people who do end up existing. This makes me something of a weak longtermist and I’m still figuring out what this means prescriptively. I also care a lot about the welfare of present people around the world.
Message me about anything at all.
p.s. Sometimes, you can make the world better by choosing to be happy right now!
This is the standard objection that the line we draw betwen a life worth living and one not is actually high enough that the RC is not repugnant. I think this is plausible but it means accepting that many people today have lives not worth living which could be considered quite harsh—many of the people alive in poverty today believe their own lives are worth living. I cant see how holding this argument is not the same as holding that one knows better than they do abotu the value of their own lives.