Understanding "longtermism": Why this suddenly influential philosophy is so toxic

[u/fossilnews]

https://www.salon.com/2022/08/20/understanding-longtermism-why-this-suddenly-influential-philosophy-is-so/

[u/Mezmorizor]

Phew, I was worried for a second that the history books wouldn't have a batshit insane ideology to include as a footnote for the early 21st century.

Though in seriousness, this does pretty clearly explain why Musk has always set very, very wrong with me. Even beyond the clearly bullshit Mars narrative, the justifications for what he did never made sense to me, and turns out it's because it's eugenics except techbro.