I would agree. Still, some of the other commenters have pointed out that alien civilizations can have interesting consequences for the Anti-natalist, Negative Utilitarian, and S-Risk arguments.
Yes. Also l-risks should be added in the list of letter-risks: the risks that all life will go extinct, if humans continue to do what they do in ecology—and it is covered in section 5 of the post.
I don’t endorse it, but a-risks could be added: the risks that future human space colonistion will kill or prevent appearance of alien civilizations.
Seems like a generalization of d-risks.
I would agree. Still, some of the other commenters have pointed out that alien civilizations can have interesting consequences for the Anti-natalist, Negative Utilitarian, and S-Risk arguments.
de-humanizing risk? digital x-risk? dolphin-takeover risk?
“destruction risks”, as defined in the post.
Ah, right! 🤦♂️
Yes. Also l-risks should be added in the list of letter-risks: the risks that all life will go extinct, if humans continue to do what they do in ecology—and it is covered in section 5 of the post.