What We Owe The Future : A Million-Year View: The Sunday Times Bestseller

The challenges we face are enormous. But we can still secure a positive future for our planet | and for everyone on it.In What We Owe The Future | philosopher William MacAskill persuasively argues for longtermism | the idea that positively influencing the distant future is a moral priority of our time. It isn’t enough to mitigate climate change or avert the next pandemic. We can ensure that civilization would rebound if it collapsed; cultivate value pluralism; and prepare for a planet where the most sophisticated beings are digital and not human.'Unapologetically optimistic and bracingly realistic | this is the most inspiring book on ‘ethical living’ I’ve ever read.' Oliver Burkeman | Guardian‘A monumental event.' Rutger Bregman | author of Humankind‘A book of great daring | clarity | insight and imagination. To be simultaneously so realistic and so optimistic | and always so damn readable… well that is a miracle for which he should be greatly applauded.’ Stephen Fry