Category: Future Perfect
How effective altruists ignored risk
In May of this past year, I proclaimed on a podcast that “effective altruism (EA) has a great hunger for and blindness to power. That is a dangerous combination. Power is assumed, acquired, and exercised, but rarely examined.” Little did I know at the time that Sam Bankman-Fried, — a prodigy and major funder of…
Are we headed toward a “polycrisis”? The buzzword of the moment, explained.
There is nothing that Davos loves more than a good buzzword, and in 2023 that buzzword was “polycrisis.” The folks at this year’s World Economic Forum adopted the term after historian Adam Tooze popularized it in his inaugural Financial Times column last year. At its annual meeting last week, the WEF released its “Global Risks…
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Sigal Samuel is a senior reporter for Vox’s Future Perfect and co-host of the Future Perfect podcast. She writes primarily about the future of consciousness, tracking advances in artificial intelligence and neuroscience and their staggering ethical implications. Before joining Vox, Sigal was the religion editor at the Atlantic.
Gas stoves and the problematic politics of sacrifice
You may be thinking about animals all wrong (even if you’re an animal lover)
How to reform effective altruism after Sam Bankman-Fried
Sigal Samuel is a senior reporter for Vox’s Future Perfect and co-host of the Future Perfect podcast. She writes primarily about the future of consciousness, tracking advances in artificial intelligence and neuroscience and their staggering ethical implications. Before joining Vox, Sigal was the religion editor at the Atlantic.
Yes, you can have kids and fight climate change at the same time
Adorable puppies for sale? Not at these pet stores anymore.
How China came to regret its one-child policy
Bryan Walsh is the editor of Vox’s Future Perfect section, which covers the policies, people, and forces that could make the future a better place for everyone. He worked at Time magazine for 15 years as a foreign correspondent in Asia, a climate writer, and an international editor — and wrote a book on existential…