Elon Musk, the millionaire founder of Tesla, recently retweeted a book recommendation that he claimed “closely matches” his “philosophy” to his followers.William MacAskill makes the case for “longtermism” in his book What We Owe the Future, which holds that having a beneficial impact on the future should be a moral imperative.
The COVID-19 worldwide pandemic and the crisis around climate change have both had a significant impact on this theory in recent years.Future-focused thinking will benefit the next generation of kids.
In response to Musk’s post (@dewritten), one of his Twitter followers made the following comment about long-termism: “Society develops great when old men plant trees whose shade they will never sit in.”Others, on the other hand, blasted the billionaire for promoting long-termism while “exploiting” others for their own gain.
