It is very high-impact when survival is considered indispensable to have control over nature for preventing negative values from coming back after extinction.
I would recommend this short essay on the topic: Human Extinction, Asymmetry, and Option Value Abstract: “How should we evaluate events that could cause the extinction of the human species? I argue that even if we believe in a moral view according to which human extinction would be a good thing, we still have strong reason to prevent near-term human extinction.” (Just to clarify: this essay was not written by me)
It is very high-impact when survival is considered indispensable to have control over nature for preventing negative values from coming back after extinction.
I would recommend this short essay on the topic: Human Extinction, Asymmetry, and Option Value
Abstract: “How should we evaluate events that could cause the extinction of the human species? I argue that even if we believe in a moral view according to which human extinction would be a good thing, we still have strong reason to prevent near-term human extinction.”
(Just to clarify: this essay was not written by me)
Insightful thoughts!