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The speaker mentioned this book by William McCaskill discusses the philosophy of long-termism and an ethical inheritance owed to unborn humans, noting the author is perhaps the youngest tenured philosophy professor.
William McCaskill, who was the youngest tenured philosophy professor in history, I think. He's a Scottish guy. Youngest maybe that was alive right now. He wrote a book called What We Owe the Future.
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The speaker mentioned this book by William McCaskill discusses the philosophy of long-termism and an ethical inheritance owed to unborn humans, noting the author is perhaps the youngest tenured philosophy professor.
William McCaskill, who was the youngest tenured philosophy professor in history, I think. He's a Scottish guy. Youngest maybe that was alive right now. He wrote a book called What We Owe the Future.