The Million Year View In brief Date - 18 August 2023 Speaker - William MacAskill Chair - David Farrier Venue - Baillie Gifford West Court, Edinburgh College of Art Festival - Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) Book your ticket on EIBF's website About the event Does what we do today determine the happiness or misery of trillions of people in the future? In this event, William MacAskill will discuss his recent book What We Owe the Future, and his argument for ‘longtermism’, which proposes that positively influencing the future is the moral priority of our time. He proposes that by making wise moral decisions today, we can navigate a multitude of crises – bioengineered pandemics, technological stagnation, climate change, and transformative AI – more fairly for generations to come. MacAskill will be in conversation with David Farrier. About David Farrier David Farrier is Professor of Literature and the Environment at the University of Edinburgh. David convenes the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network, and he is particularly interested in how literature, especially poetry, responds to the challenges of the Anthropocene. David's most recent books consider the new reality of the Anthropocene. 'Anthropocene Poetics: Deep Time, Sacrifice Zones, and Extinction' (Minnesota Press, 2019) is a study of contemporary environmental poetry, and 'Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils' (4th Estate/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2020) explores what traces of present societies will persist in the deep future. 'Footprints' won the Royal Society of Literature's Giles St Aubyn award for unpublished non-fiction in 2017. Browse David's staff profile How to attend This event is part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. It is costed, and tickets are available through the Book Festival website. Book your ticket on EIBF's website Are you interested in English Literature at Edinburgh? We offer a wide range of undergraduate programmes, taught masters, and research degrees, including a Masters by Research and a PhD. As an undergraduate, you will read works of literature written in English from around the world, and encounter a range of ideas about the nature and purpose of literary study. Our courses explore the relationship between literary texts and the construction of national, international and imperial cultures. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support postgraduate research which crosses boundaries between languages and disciplines. Find out more about studying English Literature Aug 18 2023 17.45 - 18.45 The Million Year View A conversation at the Edinburgh International Book Festival with William MacAskill, chaired by David Farrier (English Literature), on the argument for 'longtermism' and moral decision-making. Baillie Gifford West Court Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF Find the venue Book your ticket on EIBF's website
The Million Year View In brief Date - 18 August 2023 Speaker - William MacAskill Chair - David Farrier Venue - Baillie Gifford West Court, Edinburgh College of Art Festival - Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) Book your ticket on EIBF's website About the event Does what we do today determine the happiness or misery of trillions of people in the future? In this event, William MacAskill will discuss his recent book What We Owe the Future, and his argument for ‘longtermism’, which proposes that positively influencing the future is the moral priority of our time. He proposes that by making wise moral decisions today, we can navigate a multitude of crises – bioengineered pandemics, technological stagnation, climate change, and transformative AI – more fairly for generations to come. MacAskill will be in conversation with David Farrier. About David Farrier David Farrier is Professor of Literature and the Environment at the University of Edinburgh. David convenes the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network, and he is particularly interested in how literature, especially poetry, responds to the challenges of the Anthropocene. David's most recent books consider the new reality of the Anthropocene. 'Anthropocene Poetics: Deep Time, Sacrifice Zones, and Extinction' (Minnesota Press, 2019) is a study of contemporary environmental poetry, and 'Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils' (4th Estate/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2020) explores what traces of present societies will persist in the deep future. 'Footprints' won the Royal Society of Literature's Giles St Aubyn award for unpublished non-fiction in 2017. Browse David's staff profile How to attend This event is part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. It is costed, and tickets are available through the Book Festival website. Book your ticket on EIBF's website Are you interested in English Literature at Edinburgh? We offer a wide range of undergraduate programmes, taught masters, and research degrees, including a Masters by Research and a PhD. As an undergraduate, you will read works of literature written in English from around the world, and encounter a range of ideas about the nature and purpose of literary study. Our courses explore the relationship between literary texts and the construction of national, international and imperial cultures. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support postgraduate research which crosses boundaries between languages and disciplines. Find out more about studying English Literature Aug 18 2023 17.45 - 18.45 The Million Year View A conversation at the Edinburgh International Book Festival with William MacAskill, chaired by David Farrier (English Literature), on the argument for 'longtermism' and moral decision-making. Baillie Gifford West Court Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF Find the venue Book your ticket on EIBF's website
Aug 18 2023 17.45 - 18.45 The Million Year View A conversation at the Edinburgh International Book Festival with William MacAskill, chaired by David Farrier (English Literature), on the argument for 'longtermism' and moral decision-making.
