It has become very fashionable to question what kind of a world we are leaving behind for our children and grandchildren. William MacAskill’s new book, What We Owe the Future, looks a little further down the line, a few million years further, in fact.
06 October 2022, The Tablet
Time and tide – what we owe the future
A social history of extraordinary scope, coupled with a haunting yet triumphant look to the future.

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