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A review by root
What We Owe the Future by William MacAskill
Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.
Neoliberal hot mess. The core idea of the book that we should care about improving material conditions of future generations is a good one, though I think this is a thought that most people at least wish would happen once in their lives and one that many people strive to do anyway before a book philosophizing on the subject was published.
The rest of what I read was drivel, to the point that I could not imagine wasting more time reading the entirety of this. Talking about the founding fathers being inspirational in their future vision of the United States, how we should make future generations richer (without thinking of the fact that it invariably means a larger, more drastic wage divide for the poor), etc.
The rest of what I read was drivel, to the point that I could not imagine wasting more time reading the entirety of this. Talking about the founding fathers being inspirational in their future vision of the United States, how we should make future generations richer (without thinking of the fact that it invariably means a larger, more drastic wage divide for the poor), etc.