> Is the value of a future life worth less than a life closer to our present moment? I can’t help but feel like there’s some sort of logical fallacy there, aki

> Is the value of a future life worth less than a life closer to our present moment? I can’t help but feel like there’s some sort of logical fallacy there, akin to speciesism I think taking the perspective of "the present" is a bit misleading here. Putting $100 in my bank account today isn't more valuable than putting $100 in my bank account in 5 years because it's closer to the present, it's more valuable because it'll start collecting interest sooner, and then that interest generates more interest. Putting $100 in there a century ago would be better than either. A live saved now can get to work on adding value to society, and that value could lead to saving more lives later. The sooner you start that process the better.