What is Longtermism?

What is Longtermism? The core principle of effective altruism, explained. You’ve probably heard of effective altruism – the philosophy golden child of Silicon Valley, championed by the likes of Elon Musk and Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz. But what you might not have heard so much about is its guiding principle, longtermism. Very basically, longtermism is the idea of putting the wellbeing of future people before anything else. It’s a bold idea that’s far from reaching a consensus. But...