This is a reading of a popular post from Tobias Baumann, on the CRS website.
"Given our vast uncertainty and nearsightedness about the future, we should perhaps focus on putting society in as good a position as possible to address the challenges of the future. Or, put differently, we should optimise for a proxy along the lines of “how well is society working in 2100.
"One important dimension of this is a functional political system. Efforts to avoid harmful political and social dynamics, and to strengthen democratic governance, are therefore of interest to effective altruists...."
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