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There must be some Tommy Hilfiger event horizon, beyond which it is impossible to be more derivative, more removed from the source, more devoid of soul.
Pattern Recognition
William Gibson
William Morris’s words might resonate with Bevins’s Brazilian protesters: ‘Men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name.’
A Circular Motion
James Butler
This is precisely why Nick Beckstead, a noted EA, [argued in 2013](https://80000hours.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Beckstead-Nick-On-the-Overwhelming-Importance-of-Shaping-the-Far-Future-better-formatting.pdf) that, given the “overwhelming” moral importance of the far future — “millions, billions, and trillions” of years from now — **we should prioritize saving the lives of people in rich countries over those in poor countries, other things being equal**. The reason is that people in rich countries are better positioned to influence the far future.
Effective Altruism Is a Dangerous Cult — Here's Why
Émile P. Torres
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