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Meet William MacAskill, the puerile professor who helps crypto capitalists justify sociopathy today for a universe of transhuman colonization tomorrow. Please share this episode with your friends and start a conversation.
Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.
For an entertaining deep dive into the theme of season five (Phalse Prophets), read the definitive peer-reviewed taxonomic analysis (bit.ly/RSIC-Journal) from our very own Jason Bradford, PhD.
Sources/Links/Notes:
• Andrew Anthony, "William MacAskill: 'There are 80 trillion people yet to come. They need us to start protecting them', (theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/21/william-macaskill-what-we-owe-the-future-philosopher-interview) " The Guardian, August 21, 2022.
• Guiding Principles (centreforeffectivealtruism.org/ceas-guiding-principles) of the Centre for Effective Altruism
• Peter Singer, "Famine, Affluence and Morality (givingwhatwecan.org/get-involved/videos-books-and-essays/famine-affluence-and-morality-peter-singer) ," givingwhatwecan.org.
• Sarah Pessin, "Political Spiral Logics (sarahpessin.com/meaning-maps/political-spiral-logics/) ," sarahpessin.com.
• Eliezer Yudkowsky, "Pausing AI Developments Isn't Enough. We Need to Shut it All Down (time.com/6266923/ai-eliezer-yudkowsky-open-letter-not-enough/) ," Time, March 29, 2023.
• Emile Torres explains the acronym TESCREAL in a Twitter thread (twitter.com/xriskology/status/1635313838508883968) .
• Benjamin Todd and William MacAskill, "Is it ever OK to take a harmful job in order to do more good? An in-depth analysis (80000hours.org/articles/harmful-career/) ," 80,000 Hours, March 26, 2023.
• William MacAskill, "The Case for Longtermism (nytimes.com/2022/08/05/opinion/the-case-for-longtermism.html) ," The New York Times, August 5, 2022.
• Emile P. Torres, "Understanding “longertermism”: Why this suddenly influential philosophy is so toxic (salon.com/2022/08/20/understanding-longtermism-why-this-suddenly-influential-philosophy-is-so/) ," Salon, August 20, 2022.
• Nick Bostrom, "Existential Risks (nickbostrom.com/existential/risks) ," Journal of Evolution and Technology (2002).
• Nick Bostrom, "Astronomical Waste: The Opportunity Cost of Delayed Technological Development (nickbostrom.com/astronomical/waste) ," Utilitas (2003).
• Emile P. Torres, "How Elon Musk sees the future: His bizarre sci-fi visions should concern us all (salon.com/2022/07/17/how-elon-musk-sees-the-future-his-bizarre-sci-fi-vision-should-concern-us-all/) ," Salon, July 17, 2022.
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Send us a text (buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/244372/open_sms)
Meet William MacAskill, the puerile professor who helps crypto capitalists justify sociopathy today for a universe of transhuman colonization tomorrow. Please share this episode with your friends and start a conversation.
Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.
For an entertaining deep dive into the theme of season five (Phalse Prophets), read the definitive peer-reviewed taxonomic analysis (bit.ly/RSIC-Journal) from our very own Jason Bradford, PhD.
Sources/Links/Notes:
• Andrew Anthony, "William MacAskill: 'There are 80 trillion people yet to come. They need us to start protecting them', (theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/21/william-macaskill-what-we-owe-the-future-philosopher-interview) " The Guardian, August 21, 2022.
• Guiding Principles (centreforeffectivealtruism.org/ceas-guiding-principles) of the Centre for Effective Altruism
• Peter Singer, "Famine, Affluence and Morality (givingwhatwecan.org/get-involved/videos-books-and-essays/famine-affluence-and-morality-peter-singer) ," givingwhatwecan.org.
• Sarah Pessin, "Political Spiral Logics (sarahpessin.com/meaning-maps/political-spiral-logics/) ," sarahpessin.com.
• Eliezer Yudkowsky, "Pausing AI Developments Isn't Enough. We Need to Shut it All Down (time.com/6266923/ai-eliezer-yudkowsky-open-letter-not-enough/) ," Time, March 29, 2023.
• Emile Torres explains the acronym TESCREAL in a Twitter thread (twitter.com/xriskology/status/1635313838508883968) .
• Benjamin Todd and William MacAskill, "Is it ever OK to take a harmful job in order to do more good? An in-depth analysis (80000hours.org/articles/harmful-career/) ," 80,000 Hours, March 26, 2023.
• William MacAskill, "The Case for Longtermism (nytimes.com/2022/08/05/opinion/the-case-for-longtermism.html) ," The New York Times, August 5, 2022.
• Emile P. Torres, "Understanding “longertermism”: Why this suddenly influential philosophy is so toxic (salon.com/2022/08/20/understanding-longtermism-why-this-suddenly-influential-philosophy-is-so/) ," Salon, August 20, 2022.
• Nick Bostrom, "Existential Risks (nickbostrom.com/existential/risks) ," Journal of Evolution and Technology (2002).
• Nick Bostrom, "Astronomical Waste: The Opportunity Cost of Delayed Technological Development (nickbostrom.com/astronomical/waste) ," Utilitas (2003).
• Emile P. Torres, "How Elon Musk sees the future: His bizarre sci-fi visions should concern us all (salon.com/2022/07/17/how-elon-musk-sees-the-future-his-bizarre-sci-fi-vision-should-concern-us-all/) ," Salon, July 17, 2022.
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