“What We Owe to the Future” by William MacAskill: More is Better – Culture

2023-09-04 18:57:57

A young man named Sam showed an aptitude for mathematics. After studying physics, he wanted to work professionally for animal welfare. He was very interested in ethics. So he met William MacAskill, a 25-year-old Oxford graduate student in philosophy just a few years older than him, who over lunch advised him to trust less in his heart and more in his head. If he really wants to change the world for the better, MacAskill said, he should use his talent for numbers and earn a lot of money and then donate it: “earn to give”.