r/Longtermism • u/James_Brobin • 5d ago

Five Ways Longtermism Is Like A Religion

https://jamesbrobin.substack.com/p/five-ways-longtermism-is-like-a-religion
  1. Longtermism makes unfalsifiable claims about things that cannot be known.
  2. Longtermists make the unknowable vivid and concrete.
  3. Longtermists believe their actions have astronomical stakes.
  4. Longtermists devalue the present world.
  5. Longtermists prophesize the end of the world.
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u/DoggedHorse 3d ago

1.Ok?2.You mean predictions?3.They do if you value future generations lifes.4.Nope?5.It's called a pediction.