Autonomie und Solidarität<p>Understanding "longtermism": Why this suddenly influential philosophy is so toxic</p><p>Whatever we may "owe the future," it isn't a bizarre and dangerous ideology fueled by eugenics and capitalism</p><p>'As I have previously written, longtermism is arguably the most influential ideology that few members of the general public have ever heard about. Longtermists have directly influenced reports from the secretary-general of the United Nations; a longtermist is currently running the RAND Corporation; they have the ears of billionaires like Musk; and the so-called Effective Altruism community, which gave rise to the longtermist ideology, has a mind-boggling $46.1 billion in committed funding. Longtermism is everywhere behind the scenes — it has a huge following in the tech sector — and champions of this view are increasingly pulling the strings of both major world governments and the business elite.'</p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2022/08/20/understanding-longtermism-why-this-suddenly-influential-philosophy-is-so/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2022/08/20/understan</span><span class="invisible">ding-longtermism-why-this-suddenly-influential-philosophy-is-so/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Longtermismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Longtermismus</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Transhumanismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transhumanismus</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Dystopie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopie</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/K%C3%BCnstlicheIntelligenz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KünstlicheIntelligenz</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/technoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technoFascism</span></a></p>