Yet, there's nothing in longtermism which tells us to donate to fight Malaria now, not really. Even though effective altruists might, a longtermist could argue

Yet, there's nothing in longtermism which tells us to donate to fight Malaria now, not really. Even though effective altruists might, a longtermist could argue we stop all malaria aid and donate it to SpaceX instead. Or enslave the poorest 1 billion people to work in Bezos asteroid mines. Or maybe we should execute the 10% most obese people. These are all perfectly defensible positions in longtermism, and if one of these obviously morally dubious positions turn out to benefit 'our potential' the most it would even be immoral not to pursue them.