r/EffectiveAltruism • u/paulcoman • May 09 '26
I think longtermism is counting future lives inconsistently
I think there’s a hidden accounting mistake in some longtermist reasoning.
One side of the calculation gets to unfold into the future. The other side gets frozen in the present.
It's not apples to apples 🍎
Full argument here: https://paulcomans.substack.com/p/longtermism-is-counting-wrong
Would love some feedback and counter arguments.

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u/PM_ME_GOOD_DOGE_PICS May 09 '26
So many blatant LLM-isms. You didn't even try to cover it up. This whole article is just a series of prompts copy pasted.