I believe you may be alluding to longtermism[0]. At it's face value, longtermism seems like a good thing, but I've heard many criticisms against it - mainly lev

I believe you may be alluding to longtermism[0]. At it's face value, longtermism seems like a good thing, but I've heard many criticisms against it - mainly levied against the billionaire class. And the criticisms mostly center on what you're saying here - how many billionaires are focusing on fixing problems that are very far off in the future, while ignoring how their actions affect those of the very near future. This is really less of a criticism of longtermism, and more of a criticism of how billionaires utilize longtermism. Is it important that we find another planet to live on? Sure, but many will argue that we should be taking steps now to save our current planet. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longtermism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longtermism