I believe that some degree of longtermism is a requirement for consistent progress… yes, there’s a lot of pressing problems that need to be addressed today, but

I believe that some degree of longtermism is a requirement for consistent progress… yes, there’s a lot of pressing problems that need to be addressed today, but at the same time humanity isn’t going to be moving forward as a whole if everybody is busy staring at their feet. It’s only natural for some number of people to be concerned with making sure that tomorrow brings progress on some axis, because that is not something that just happens on its own. Progress, particularly leaps of it, is made as a result of people having “outlandish” visions and working to achieve them.