thanks for the clarification on (3), gregory. i exaggerated the strength of the valence on your post.
on (1), i think we should be skeptical about self-reports of well-being given the pollyanna principle (we may be evolutionarily hard-wired overestimate the value of our own lives).
on (2), my point was that extinction risks are rarely confined to only human beings, and events that cause human extinction will often also cause nonhuman extinction. but you’re right that for risks of exclusively human extinction we must also consider the impact of human extinction on other animals, and that impact—whatever its valence—may also outside the impact of the event on human well-being.
thanks for the clarification on (3), gregory. i exaggerated the strength of the valence on your post.
on (1), i think we should be skeptical about self-reports of well-being given the pollyanna principle (we may be evolutionarily hard-wired overestimate the value of our own lives).
on (2), my point was that extinction risks are rarely confined to only human beings, and events that cause human extinction will often also cause nonhuman extinction. but you’re right that for risks of exclusively human extinction we must also consider the impact of human extinction on other animals, and that impact—whatever its valence—may also outside the impact of the event on human well-being.