Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Don’t miss this special offer - 12 issues for just £12!
SUBSCRIBE
Books

BetterPod: William MacAskill explains what we owe the future

William MacAskill’s What We Owe the Future is a new and important argument for why we should care about the future of humanity.

William MacAskill: Why should we care about future people?

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 William MacAskill, 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.

MacAskill’s What We Owe the Future is only just out but it’s already shaping ethical debates around the world. 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.

William MacAskill wants to change how you think about tomorrow – and how you act today… on this episode of BetterPod he tells us why.

BetterPod is brought to you by The Big Issue’s Future Generations team. Through the Future Generations team, we offer a platform for exciting young journalists from underrepresented backgrounds to address the biggest issues facing us today.

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Never miss an issue

Take advantage of our special subscription offer. Subscribe from just £9.99 and never miss an issue.

Recommended for you

View all
Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh review – big ideas, lightly handled
Books

Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh review – big ideas, lightly handled

No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – making the case for never giving up hope
Books

No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – making the case for never giving up hope

Why Putin's Russia is still haunted by the ghost of Stalin
Russia

Why Putin's Russia is still haunted by the ghost of Stalin

Top 5 secrets-won't-stay-hidden thrillers, chosen by bestselling novelist Adele Parks
Books

Top 5 secrets-won't-stay-hidden thrillers, chosen by bestselling novelist Adele Parks

Most Popular

Read All
Renters pay their landlords' buy-to-let mortgages, so they should get a share of the profits
Renters: A mortgage lender's window advertising buy-to-let products
1.

Renters pay their landlords' buy-to-let mortgages, so they should get a share of the profits

Exclusive: Disabled people are 'set up to fail' by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal
Pound coins on a piece of paper with disability living allowancve
2.

Exclusive: Disabled people are 'set up to fail' by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal

Cost of living payment 2024: Where to get help now the scheme is over
next dwp cost of living payment 2023
3.

Cost of living payment 2024: Where to get help now the scheme is over

Strike dates 2023: From train drivers to NHS doctors, here are the dates to know
4.

Strike dates 2023: From train drivers to NHS doctors, here are the dates to know

Support our vendors with a subscription

For each subscription to the magazine, we’ll provide a vendor with a reusable water bottle, making it easier for them to access cold water on hot days.