I downvoted for reasons similar to Stefan’s comment: longtermism is not synonymous with a focus on x-risk and space colonization, and the black bar symbolism creates that association. In EA discourse, I have observed consistent conflation of longtermism with this particular subset of longtermist priorities, and I’d like to strongly push back against that. (I believe I would feel the same even if my priorities aligned with that subset.)
I downvoted for reasons similar to Stefan’s comment: longtermism is not synonymous with a focus on x-risk and space colonization, and the black bar symbolism creates that association. In EA discourse, I have observed consistent conflation of longtermism with this particular subset of longtermist priorities, and I’d like to strongly push back against that. (I believe I would feel the same even if my priorities aligned with that subset.)