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Will MacAskill - Longtermism, Altruism, History, & Technology
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Will MacAskill is one of the founders of the Effective Altruist movement and the author of the upcoming book, What We Owe The Future . We talk about improving the future, risk of extinction & collapse, technological & moral change, problems of academia, who changes history, and much more. Watch on YouTube . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Episode website + Transcript here . Follow Will on Twitter . Follow me on Twitter for updates on future episodes. Subscribe to find out about future episodes! Timestamps (00:23) - Effective Altruism and Western values (07:47) - The contingency of technology (12:02) - Who changes history? (18:00) - Longtermist…