Longtermist

Quick meaning: Longtermist is a noun meaning (ethics, philosophy) A believer or follower of longtermism (“an ethical stance which gives priority to improving the long-term future”).

Meaning

(ethics, philosophy) A believer or follower of longtermism (“an ethical stance which gives priority to improving the long-term future”).

More Meanings

1. (ethics, philosophy) Of, pertaining to or supporting longtermism (“an ethical stance which gives priority to improving the long-term future”).

Example Sentences

It’s an article of faith among longtermists that an event that led to the loss of 99% of humanity would be vastly preferable to one that kills off 100%.

Longtermists are in daily conversation with neartermists. It’s a red herring to argue that “abandoning what would most help people on Earth today isn’t exactly ethically sound.”

Some longtermists, for instance, argue that we need to balance the need to address climate change now with the need to invest in colonizing space; they encourage us to think on a billion-year timescale.

Effective altruists talk about both “neartermism” and “longtermism.” Bankman-Fried said he wanted his money to address longtermist threats like the dangers posed by artificial intelligence spiraling out of control.

Word Forms

• longtermists
• long-termist

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include neartermist, philosophist, short-termist, perennialist, ontologist, ethicist.

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