Will MacAskill - Longtermism, Altruism, History, & Technology

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 institutional reform (25:56) - Are companies longtermist? (28:57) - Living in an era of plasticity (34:52) - How good can the future be? (39:18) - Contra Tyler Cowen on what’s most important (45:36) - AI and the centralization of power (51:34) - The problems with academia Please share if you enjoyed this episode! Helps out a ton! Transcript Dwarkesh Patel 0:06 Okay, today I have the pleasure of interviewing William MacAskill . Will is one of the founders of the Effective Altruism movement, and most recently…