Difference-making risk aversion, bounded utility function (bounded above and below), less sympathy for betting everything on one shots, or other reasons to not be a longtermist generally. This doesn’t explain why longtermism is popular but s-risk work in particular isn’t, though.
Quite plausible, thanks! I’ve been wondering whether the “infinity shades” from infinite ethics may play into this. Then again I don’t know many people who are very explicit about their particular way of resolving infinite ethics.
Difference-making risk aversion, bounded utility function (bounded above and below), less sympathy for betting everything on one shots, or other reasons to not be a longtermist generally. This doesn’t explain why longtermism is popular but s-risk work in particular isn’t, though.
Quite plausible, thanks! I’ve been wondering whether the “infinity shades” from infinite ethics may play into this. Then again I don’t know many people who are very explicit about their particular way of resolving infinite ethics.