Question: Effective altruists believe that the lives of future generations have the same value as the lives of people currently living. Therefore, they focus their activities on reducing future risks to human development.

That is, I can equally invest in improving life now or, say, in two generations. Is this the right approach?

Answer: No, we must strive for greater productivity from our investments. So, I do not think it should be like that.

Comment: If we expand this question from a business point of view. There are local goals and global, strategic goals that businessmen try to calculate for a long period of time. That is, strategically, I want to calculate something that will take a long time and will bear fruit perhaps in a generation or two.

Answer: I believe that it is impossible for us to calculate this now. Maybe this will be possible with the development of artificial intelligence. But even this is just the beginning of a new movement.

I think that so far, we have no serious grounds for this. We are unable to assess the future in a generation or two.

Question: Is it better to really invest in what you have now rather than make illusory plans for the distant future?

Answer: Yes, we see that in our time, no matter what we invest in, there is a certain percentage that is not fulfilled and do not provide profit in any form.
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From KabTV’s “Kabbalah Express” 6/30/24

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