{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6272aae046362a0012569e8e/630df1fe217a210012bc793e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"William MacAskill: What we owe the future","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6272aae046362a0012569e8e/1656336713447-a0c0e5ec91d29b66719ffdb682737bed.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>If you’ve been listening to BetterPod over the last few months, it won’t come as a surprise that we think future people matter. So we were very excited when we heard that one of the most important philosophers working today had written a book arguing for longtermism – effectively, why we should and how we can act today for a better tomorrow.</p><p><br></p><p>William MacAskill’s What We Owe the Future is only just out but it’s already shaping ethical debates around the world.&nbsp;Stephen Fry called it “a book of great daring, clarity, insight and imagination”, while Joseph Gordon-Levitt said he was moved to tears by its optimism.</p><p><br></p><p>William MacAskill wants to change how you think about tomorrow – and how you act today… on this episode of BetterPod he tells us why.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>BetterPod</strong>&nbsp;is brought to you by&nbsp;<strong>The Big Issue’s Future Generations team</strong>. Through the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.bigissue.com/tag/future-generations/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Future Generations</a>&nbsp;team, we offer a platform for exciting young journalists from underrepresented backgrounds to address the biggest issues facing us today.</p>","author_name":"The Big Issue | Future Generations team"}