One important point that I think gets missed is in my view, by default the long-term future will seem weird, horrifying, potentially dystopian or utopian future, and lovecraftian all at the same time. That is by default, without massive changes to how the economy works that will be perceived as dystopian already, that the long-term future is one of extremes, and most moralities simply break under the strain of extremes.
The best-case scenario for the long-term future will be very weird, lovecraftian and surprisingly horrifying for morality, as extremely high-end technology like whole brain emulation, genetic engineering, immortality, and nanotechnology make concepts like personal identity very weird, very fast.
It’s also possible we collapse as well, which is yet very plausible.
And in a morally anti-realist universe, that’s the best you can do. So your post does apply, but crucially no one else also wins here.
One important point that I think gets missed is in my view, by default the long-term future will seem weird, horrifying, potentially dystopian or utopian future, and lovecraftian all at the same time. That is by default, without massive changes to how the economy works that will be perceived as dystopian already, that the long-term future is one of extremes, and most moralities simply break under the strain of extremes.
The best-case scenario for the long-term future will be very weird, lovecraftian and surprisingly horrifying for morality, as extremely high-end technology like whole brain emulation, genetic engineering, immortality, and nanotechnology make concepts like personal identity very weird, very fast.
It’s also possible we collapse as well, which is yet very plausible.
And in a morally anti-realist universe, that’s the best you can do. So your post does apply, but crucially no one else also wins here.