Alex Epstein

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Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

I realized that energy policy is incredibly consequential because the more cost-effective energy is, the more human beings can use machines to be productive and prosperous. The less cost-effective energy is, the more human beings must use manual labor—which dooms them to poverty. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 30, 2022

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Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

Part 2: Deciding to become an energy expert My favorite subjects to apply philosophy to are 1) hugely consequential for human life and 2) being thought about in a very wrong way. In 2007, at age 27, I realized that energy policy met both criteria. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 30, 2022

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Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

I realized that energy policy is being thought about in a very wrong way, because it commits a very basic thinking error with regard to our leading source of energy, fossil fuels: it considers only their negative side-effects while ignoring their benefits. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 30, 2022