What We Owe the Future Reading Group (Asia/Oceania)

Sunday, September 18, 3:00am - 4:30am (EDT)

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Join us for a discussion of What We Owe the Future, a new book by William MacAskill and NY Times bestseller. While introducing the idea of longtermism to a broader audience, it has something to offer to engaged EAs, too. There are deep dives on moral contingency, value lock-in, civilization collapse and recovery, stagnation, population ethics, and the value of the future. It also tries to bring a historical perspective to bear on these issues more often than is usual in the standard discussions.

We'll be discussing the book in full, but if you don't get a chance to finish the book before the group, feel free to join anyway!

• We can provide you with a free digital copy of the book if you're planning to attend the discussion: https://forms.gle/qqZSRQ58awyyVNNr8

• If the time doesn't work for you, we are hosting another discussion on Sep 25 at 6 pm UTC.

• Join the #book-club channel at EA Anywhere Slack to engage with other members and suggest books for future discussions: https://bit.ly/3k6vAfj

Add to Calendar 2022/09/18 07:00:00 2022/09/18 08:30:00 UTC What We Owe the Future Reading Group (Asia/Oceania) Join us for a discussion of What We Owe the Future, a new book by William MacAskill and NY Times bestseller. While introducing the idea of longtermism to a broader audience, it has something to offer to engaged EAs, too. There are deep dives on moral contingency, value lock-in, civilization collapse and recovery, stagnation, population ethics, and the value of the future. It also tries to bring a historical perspective to bear on these issues more often than is usual in the standard discussions.

We'll be discussing the book in full, but if you don't get a chance to finish the book before the group, feel free to join anyway!

• We can provide you with a free digital copy of the book if you're planning to attend the discussion: https://forms.gle/qqZSRQ58awyyVNNr8

• If the time doesn't work for you, we are hosting another discussion on Sep 25 at 6 pm UTC.

• Join the #book-club channel at EA Anywhere Slack to engage with other members and suggest books for future discussions: https://bit.ly/3k6vAfj https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83993379283?pwd=dlVVYXFXRndBQ1FWZFN1SDVDc3Mrdz09 false MM/DD/YYYY 30 OPAQUE aSAFGTHDyzUoKjmvNmcg122771

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Nguyen Tran, nguyenthehuman@gmail.com

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