Astronomical Stakes Panel - EA Global Melbourne 2015
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Channel: Science, Technology & the Future · 2015 · Science & Technology
Panelists: Neil Bowerman, Adam Ford, David Pearce - Moderated by Kerry Vaughan With the immense promise of technological advancement comes great challenges -- we need to examine how society will cope with the technological changes taking place now and into the future. How much should we value future life compared to the value of present life? According to some Effective Altruists there seem to be huge potential value found in the increasing the likelihood of achieving the well-being of the astronomical numbers of who could populate the long-term future (see Bostrom 2003; Beckstead 2013). Future-focused EAs aim to somewhat-directly capture these "astronomical benefits" of the long-term future, e.g. via explicit efforts to reduce existential risk, and increase general wellbeing. Various thought experiments were brought up including Pascal's Mugging. Many thanks for watching! - Support me via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scifuture - Please Subscribe to this Channel: http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TheRationalFuture - Science, Technology & the Future website: http://scifuture.org
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