“Announcing: Existential Choices Debate Week (March 17-24)” by Toby Tremlett🔹

March 17 - 24 will be Existential Choices Debate Week on the EA Forum. We’ll be discussing the debate statement "On the margin[1], it is better to work on reducing the chance of our[2] extinction than increasing the value of futures where we survive[3]" Add this and future events to your calendar Like the last two debate weeks (1,2), during the event you’ll find a banner on the front page with an axis going from “strong disagree” to “strong agree” where forum users can place their avatar, and attach a comment explaining their position.We’ll also be hosting a “symposium” with Will MacAskill — a chance to join in a live debate with experts on the issue. Provisionally, this will happen on the Monday of debate week, in the comments of a symposium post[4]. If you’d like to take part, you can start thinking about writing a [...] ---Outline:(01:24) Why this topic?(02:38) Clarifications(04:20) How to take part:(04:23) Vote and comment(04:45) Post(05:25) Turn up for the Symposium(05:58) Further reading:The original text contained 14 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. The original text contained 1 image which was described by AI. --- First published: March 4th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/DZnSFYPzoL2oT3pXX/announcing-existential-choices-debate-week-march-17-24 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.