Definitely; I tried to capture this feeling (of future generations looking back at the uncertainty and danger of our own time) in my short story The Toba Supervolcanic Eruption. For me, this is definitely one of the top motivations—another one might be the analogy between the death of an individual and the end of civilization, and the death-like horror of a future where civilization had disappeared. But different people are different. For instance, some folks just really like the idea of doing the morally right thing, so that they can know they’re a morally good person who’s faithfully executed their cosmic duty.
Definitely; I tried to capture this feeling (of future generations looking back at the uncertainty and danger of our own time) in my short story The Toba Supervolcanic Eruption. For me, this is definitely one of the top motivations—another one might be the analogy between the death of an individual and the end of civilization, and the death-like horror of a future where civilization had disappeared. But different people are different. For instance, some folks just really like the idea of doing the morally right thing, so that they can know they’re a morally good person who’s faithfully executed their cosmic duty.