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> *Longtermism is an ethical stance which gives priority to improving the long-term future. It is an important concept in effective altruism and serves as a primary motivation for efforts that claim to reduce existential risks to humanity.* > *Longtermism is an ethical stance which gives priority to improving the long-term future. It is an important concept in effective altruism and serves as a primary motivation for efforts that claim to reduce existential risks to humanity.*
[Robinson, N. J. (2023, May 7). Why effective altruism and 'longtermism' are toxic ideologies. *Current Affairs.*](https://theintercept.com/2022/06/24/roe-wade-overturned-supreme-court-14th-amendment/) [Robinson, N. J. (2023, May 7). Why effective altruism and 'longtermism' are toxic ideologies [Interview]. *Current Affairs.*](https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/05/why-effective-altruism-and-longtermism-are-toxic-ideologies)
> *It becomes an excuse for not caring about contemporary problems, and a moral justification for spending all your time just researching how to simulate human consciousness because once you can run simulations of human beings on the computer, you can just maximize the number of them that you make, your little fake people. And as long as you’re running them, you’re dwarfing any of the moral catastrophes that your actions are unleashing.* > *It becomes an excuse for not caring about contemporary problems, and a moral justification for spending all your time just researching how to simulate human consciousness because once you can run simulations of human beings on the computer, you can just maximize the number of them that you make, your little fake people. And as long as you’re running them, you’re dwarfing any of the moral catastrophes that your actions are unleashing.*