This is a summary of the paper “Are we living at the hinge of history?” by William MacAskill. Are we in history's most influential era? MacAskill evaluates the dilemma faced by altruists—whether to expend resources immediately or to strategically invest for future impact.
Shite, I was writing a post on this. Welp, this is a very good summary, so congrats. The only thing that maybe could be added is their graphs of "influentialness" for the base rate section, but otherwise, well done.
Shite, I was writing a post on this. Welp, this is a very good summary, so congrats. The only thing that maybe could be added is their graphs of "influentialness" for the base rate section, but otherwise, well done.