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Will MacAskill - Academia is Insufficient
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The Neglected Big Picture
Will MacAskill discusses the critical issues that are often overlooked in both corporate and academic settings. He highlights the lack of incentive for companies to address long-term, speculative problems, such as the potential for global civilizational collapse. MacAskill argues that academia has developed a culture that avoids tackling these grand challenges, suggesting the need for dedicated thinkers who can focus on the big picture.
"i just think there's many many issues that are enormously important but are just not incentivized basically anywhere in the world where um companies don't incentivize work on them because they're like..."
The Neglected Big Picture
Will MacAskill discusses the critical issues that are often overlooked in both corporate and academic settings. He highlights the lack of incentive for companies to address long-term existential questions, such as the potential for global civilizational collapse and the future of humanity. MacAskill argues that academia has developed a culture that avoids tackling these grand, speculative problems, suggesting the need for dedicated thinkers to focus on the big picture.
"i just think there's many many issues that are enormously important but are just not incentivized basically anywhere in the world where um companies don't incentivize work on them because they're like..."