I’m not sure how this factors into the math but I also just feel like there’s an argument to be made that a vision of flourishing is more inspiring and feels more worth fighting for, which would in turn become a big factor in how hard we actually fight for it (and in the process, how hard we fight for survival), which would in term increase the probability of both flourishing and survival happening. I.e. focusing on flourishing would actually make survival more likely. Like the old saying goes, “without a vision, people perish”.
I’m not sure how this factors into the math but I also just feel like there’s an argument to be made that a vision of flourishing is more inspiring and feels more worth fighting for, which would in turn become a big factor in how hard we actually fight for it (and in the process, how hard we fight for survival), which would in term increase the probability of both flourishing and survival happening. I.e. focusing on flourishing would actually make survival more likely. Like the old saying goes, “without a vision, people perish”.