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Will MacAskill's book What We Owe the Future presents colonization of the observable universe as part of a good future for humanity.
Adam Becker · Every Exponential Ends — Silicon Valley Forgot — Adam Becker · 20 Aug 2026
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“You know, there's a part of there's this book by Will McCaskill, this this effective altruist, right?”
“What we owe the future.”
“And if you take a look, he's got this afterward for it.”
“for it that's on a website that he runs but he's got a qr code for it at the end of his book and he talks about how you know a good future for humanity would involve colonizing the observable universe”Play from 15:39Report a misattribution
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