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# Longtermism, or How to Get-Out-Of-Caring While Feeling Moral and Smart
- URL: https://werd.io/longtermism-or-how-to-get-out-of-caring-while-feeling-moral-and-smart/
- Published: 2022-10-10T17:34:56.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-10T17:34:56.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

“MacAskill begs us to ask questions like: Do you care about the specter of climate catastrophe? Definitely. World War III complete with nuclear annihilation? Yikes, yeah. How about population stagnation and potential collapse because rich people stopped having enough babies? Wait, huh? What do you think about lowering the probability of complete human extinction by .0001% at the expense of allowing 100 million people to die in genocidal neglect?” [#Society](https://werd.io/tag/Society)

\[[Link](https://www.pestemag.com/mind-body-problems/longtermism-or-how-to-get-out-of-caring-while-feeling-moral-and-smart)\]