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The Last Human – A Glimpse Into The Far Future

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What it is

A Kurzgesagt animation on longtermism, arguing that because the future could hold trillions of people, our actions' effect on future generations may be what matters most.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as a reference for the scale of future human population and long-term thinking.

  • 1 people recommended it
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What HN commenters said

  1. “Kurzgesagt has some interesting videos on human population”

    Interesting videos on human population

    mLuby, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “Should we care about people who need never exist?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: future of humanity, population, existential risk, kurzgesagt, ethics

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