No, I never looked into it, it didn’t seem relevant for interventions I was examining. I’m unsure for what WAW interventions it would be relevant. Looking at my list, the only one where it’s very relevant seems to be “Eradicate or reduce populations of invasive species that suffer a lot (e.g., have very many offspring) or otherwise create a lot of suffering (e.g., parasites like screwworms).” But even then, species longevity seems to depend a lot on what the future of humanity (or TAI) will look like and no one knows the answer to that. We are currently causing a mass extinction event and no one knows how long it will last.
Saulius, are there any sources of predictions about biodiversity or species longevity that you consider authoritative?
Alternatively, do you have a timeline in mind for protecting WAW based on an expectation of species longevity? Including insects, of course.
I’m not looking to challenge anything you’ve written here, I’m just curious.
No, I never looked into it, it didn’t seem relevant for interventions I was examining. I’m unsure for what WAW interventions it would be relevant. Looking at my list, the only one where it’s very relevant seems to be “Eradicate or reduce populations of invasive species that suffer a lot (e.g., have very many offspring) or otherwise create a lot of suffering (e.g., parasites like screwworms).” But even then, species longevity seems to depend a lot on what the future of humanity (or TAI) will look like and no one knows the answer to that. We are currently causing a mass extinction event and no one knows how long it will last.
OK, thank you, and thank you for the links, your post is very interesting