Agreed, good point; I was thinking just of the case where you reduce extinction risk in one period but not in others.
I’ll note, though, that reducing extinction risk at all future times seems very hard to do. I can imagine, if we’re close to a values lock-in point, we could shift societal values such that they care about future extinction risk much more than they would otherwise have done. But if that’s the pathway, then the Time of Perils view wouldn’t provide an argument for HoH independent of the Value Lock-In view.
Agreed, good point; I was thinking just of the case where you reduce extinction risk in one period but not in others.
I’ll note, though, that reducing extinction risk at all future times seems very hard to do. I can imagine, if we’re close to a values lock-in point, we could shift societal values such that they care about future extinction risk much more than they would otherwise have done. But if that’s the pathway, then the Time of Perils view wouldn’t provide an argument for HoH independent of the Value Lock-In view.