The second, we want our future large sphere of influence to be used in a good way. If our sphere of influence grows much faster than our moral circle (and our moral circle still misses a huge number of whom we should rightfully consider significant moral patients; the moral circle could be different in different parts of the universe), then it’s possible that the number of moral patients we could have helped but didn’t to grow very quickly, too. Basically, expanding the moral circle would always be urgent, and sooner has a much greater payoff than later.
The second, we want our future large sphere of influence to be used in a good way. If our sphere of influence grows much faster than our moral circle (and our moral circle still misses a huge number of whom we should rightfully consider significant moral patients; the moral circle could be different in different parts of the universe), then it’s possible that the number of moral patients we could have helped but didn’t to grow very quickly, too. Basically, expanding the moral circle would always be urgent, and sooner has a much greater payoff than later.
This is pretty much pure speculation, though.
That makes sense! It does seem particularly important to have expanded the moral circle a lot before we spread to the stars.