I’m also a bit surprised at how many of the comments are concerned about overpopulation. The most-recommended comment is essentially the tragedy of the commons. That comment’s tone—and the tone of many like it, as well as a bunch of anti-GOP ones—felt really fatalistic, which worries me. So many of the comments felt like variations on “we’re screwed”, which goes against the belief in a net-positive future upon which longtermism is predicated.
On that note, I’ll shoutout Jacy’s post from about a month ago, echoing those fears in a more-EA way.
which goes against the belief in a net-positive future upon which longtermism is predicated
Longtermism per se isn’t predicated on that belief at all—if the future is net-negative, it’s still (overwhelmingly) important to make future lives less bad.
I’m also a bit surprised at how many of the comments are concerned about overpopulation. The most-recommended comment is essentially the tragedy of the commons. That comment’s tone—and the tone of many like it, as well as a bunch of anti-GOP ones—felt really fatalistic, which worries me. So many of the comments felt like variations on “we’re screwed”, which goes against the belief in a net-positive future upon which longtermism is predicated.
On that note, I’ll shoutout Jacy’s post from about a month ago, echoing those fears in a more-EA way.
Longtermism per se isn’t predicated on that belief at all—if the future is net-negative, it’s still (overwhelmingly) important to make future lives less bad.