Clarifying take on MacAskill's claims that climate change is not an existential threat. #EA #ClimateChange
https://thebulletin.org/2022/11/what-longtermism-gets-wrong-about-climate-change/#post-heading
!!! "Many of the scientists said they had no recollection of speaking or corresponding with MacAskill or any of the research assistants and contributors named in his book. The most disturbing responses came from five scientists who told me that they were almost certainly never consulted."
@psychologician ooof, seriously not a good look for MacAskill if this is true
@toby @psychologician
"Backed by an enormous promotional budget of roughly $10 million that helped make What We Owe the Future a bestseller..."
Wait- what? Forgive me for my ignorance, but did he just get paid $10M to publish a book?!
