Longtermism's Moral Math Challenged by Ordinary Discount Rates
Critics argue longtermism collapses under ordinary discounting: at a 5% discount rate, people 50 years out count for 8.7% of present lives and those 200 years out for a vanishing fraction, undermining the movement's moral math.
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