Bonus: The Worst Ideas in the History of the World
80,000 Hours Podcast · Keiran Harris
June 30, 202335m 24s
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Show Notes
Today’s bonus release is a pilot for a new podcast called ‘The Worst Ideas in the History of the World’, created by Keiran Harris — producer of the 80,000 Hours Podcast.
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Chapters:
- Rob’s intro (00:00:00)
- The Worst Ideas in the History of the World (00:00:51)
- My history with longtermism (00:04:01)
- Outlining the format (00:06:17)
- Will MacAskill’s basic case (00:07:38)
- 5 reasons for why future people might not matter morally (00:10:26)
- Whether we can reasonably hope to influence the future (00:15:53)
- Great power wars (00:18:55)
- Nuclear weapons (00:22:27)
- Gain-of-function research (00:28:31)
- Closer (00:33:02)
- Rob's outro (00:35:13)