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âTrying to anticipate the future is like driving on a winding road at night. You can see whatâs in front of you, and things in the distance ultimately come into view as you move forward. But beyond that, you canât know,â they say.
They worry this kind of thinking overlooks present-day problems and could even be used to justify harmful actions if they might benefit future generations.
To understand the best way to think about what comes next, Inverse contributor and tech journalist Becca Caddy spoke to philosopher and eschatologist Ămile Torres about the future and the inspiration for their upcoming book, Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation, which is due out in July.
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