I know a lot of people feel this way, but I disagree.
If it’s not good for people to come into existence, then human extinction is no big deal. All the people who die during the asteroid strike or whatever, were going to die already, so the downside is just the lost years of life and whatever fear and suffering the looming asteroid causes. I think human extinction is very bad because it would prevent many generations of people from coming into existence.
And FWIW, I do think it’s also bad for potential parents to not have the family they want and I think that’s a problem too. But I don’t have a good sense of how to quantify that loss to the parents.
I know a lot of people feel this way, but I disagree.
If it’s not good for people to come into existence, then human extinction is no big deal. All the people who die during the asteroid strike or whatever, were going to die already, so the downside is just the lost years of life and whatever fear and suffering the looming asteroid causes. I think human extinction is very bad because it would prevent many generations of people from coming into existence.
And FWIW, I do think it’s also bad for potential parents to not have the family they want and I think that’s a problem too. But I don’t have a good sense of how to quantify that loss to the parents.