Social commentary aside,
- the job of the policy makers is to solve/address the problems in the immediate future (a few years to a few decades)
- The job of the innovators is all of the above, but it's also their job to address the problems of the distant future (many decades or centuries)
Sure. Just because there's an opposing opinion recorded on Wikipedia, that's the one we ought to be aligning with.
We literally are able to save countless lives every year now because a century ago, someone thought we should explore space.
Begone decel.
Living standards only improve when we invest surplus into creating future surpluses. If we consume all surplus making people a little more comfortable today everybody ends up worse off in the long run
Social commentary aside, - the job of the policy makers is to solve/address the problems in the immediate future (a few years to a few decades) - The job of the innovators is all of the above, but it's also their job to address the problems of the distant future (many decades or centuries)
Longtermism is a eugenics ideology to distract from the problems of today. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TESCREAL
Sure. Just because there's an opposing opinion recorded on Wikipedia, that's the one we ought to be aligning with. We literally are able to save countless lives every year now because a century ago, someone thought we should explore space.