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You're confounding the people of today with the people of the future. We've learned over the last couple of decades that the people of today in general refuse to make any sacrifice for the people of the future. This doesn't change when the people of today are negatively affected because any sacrifice is felt in the future and doesn't mitigate the negative consequences of today.


Would you happen to have read “ministry for the future” by Kim Robinson ?

I just read the chapter where he elaborate on that exact idea.

I think it’s absolutely on point with our attitude as a society / specie


Will check it out thanks


> You're confounding the people of today with the people of the future.

This is is just alarmist talk that was made famous by the likes of the Effective Altruism guys.




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