Hi, I was the disagree-voter. I disagree because whether shifting probability mass from extinction and an empty future to a flourishing future is good (under empirical, moral, etc. uncertainty) is a very different question from whether people think it’s good, and I consider the answer to the first question to be (clearly) yes, and if you’re uncertain about something it’s worth engaging with others who have thought about it but substantially deferring to a survey goes too far in this case, and in particular some people go funny in the head when thinking about extinction.
People who would never dream of hurting a child hear of an existential risk, and say, “Well, maybe the human species doesn’t really deserve to survive.”
Hi, I was the disagree-voter. I disagree because whether shifting probability mass from extinction and an empty future to a flourishing future is good (under empirical, moral, etc. uncertainty) is a very different question from whether people think it’s good, and I consider the answer to the first question to be (clearly) yes, and if you’re uncertain about something it’s worth engaging with others who have thought about it but substantially deferring to a survey goes too far in this case, and in particular some people go funny in the head when thinking about extinction.