meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Slate Technology

What Next TBD: The Philosopher With Silicon Valley's Ear

Slate Technology

Slate

Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6636 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Longtermism, the idea that positively influencing the future is a key moral priority of our time, is hot in Silicon Valley. But does it miss the bigger picture? Guests: William MacAskill, Robert Wright Host: Lizzie O'Leary Thanks Avast.com! Learn more about Avast One at Avast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

I made you think you was real.

0:02.0

My name is Caden Sinclair.

0:04.0

Some people call us American royalty.

0:06.0

We were Liars.

0:08.0

A new series on Prime Video.

0:10.0

We were happy. We wanted for nothing.

0:12.0

Based on the best-selling novel.

0:15.0

Something terrible happened last summer,

0:17.0

and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.

0:20.0

No one in my family will tell me.

0:22.7

When you're left for dead, you want answers. We Will Liars. New series, watch now, only on Prime Video.

0:33.5

So I would love it if you guys could introduce yourselves. Will I'll start with you. Who are you?

0:38.3

Why are you here?

0:39.3

Sure, I'm Will McCaskill.

0:41.3

I'm an associate professor of philosophy at Oxford University.

0:45.3

I helped to set up what's known as the effect of altruism community,

0:49.3

a community of people who try to do as much good as they can with at least a significant part

0:54.7

of their time and their money. I also recently wrote a book called What We O The Future,

1:00.0

that's, I think, going to be the topic of conversation in the course of this podcast.

1:05.7

Bob, who are you? I'm Robert Wright. I'm mainly a journalist.

1:12.1

I've written some books, including a book called Non-Zero, which may be the one most relevant to this discussion.

1:18.4

I also publish a newsletter called Non-Zero and have a podcast called Non-Zero.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Slate and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.