Even if we achieve the best possible outcome, that likely involves eventual extinction on our current scientific understanding. E.g. eventually the stars burn out and all the accessible free energy is used up, so we have to go extinct then. But there’s an enormous difference between extinction after trillions of years and making good use of all the available potential to support life and civilization, and extinction this century. I think this is what they have in mind.
Even if we achieve the best possible outcome, that likely involves eventual extinction on our current scientific understanding. E.g. eventually the stars burn out and all the accessible free energy is used up, so we have to go extinct then. But there’s an enormous difference between extinction after trillions of years and making good use of all the available potential to support life and civilization, and extinction this century. I think this is what they have in mind.