A Sneak Peek at our Future (with William MacAskill)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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We are living in a time of incredible technological advances that pose both opportunities and risks to the human species. Andy speaks with futurist William MacAskill about some of the ways humanity could end, from nuclear war to artificial intelligence, and how to take steps now to prevent our own extinction. He explains his approach to living with a long term mindset and the ways in which the future could be a thousand times greater than it is today.

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Order William’s book, “What We Owe the Future”: https://whatweowethefuture.com/
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0:56.0	This is in the bubble with Andy Slavitt.
1:01.0	I got really intrigued about the guest on today's show William McCaskill when I read an article
1:07.0	that he wrote in the newspaper.
1:12.0	He wrote a book about the history of the film.
1:16.0	This is in the bubble with Andy Slavitt.
1:19.0	I got really intrigued about the guest on today's show William McCaskill when I read an article
1:25.0	that he wrote in the New York Times and I said, I gotta have this guy come in the bubble.
1:31.0	He wrote a piece which essentially said in all the decisions that we make,
1:36.0	we forget to factor in what he considers to be one of the most important things,
1:41.0	which is not necessarily just the people in our lives, not necessarily the people in our country,
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