To see this, letâs be generous and say the expected number of future well-off people added by preventing an existential catastrophe is only 10^40
I think your argumentation supports the 10^40 number more than the âwell-offâ claim. Iâm not sure for the best canonical source expressing skepticism of the âwell-offâ bit, but The Future Might Not Be So Great contains a long list of arguments about whether future people will be well off; I would be interested in you responding to some of those.
I think your argumentation supports the 10^40 number more than the âwell-offâ claim. Iâm not sure for the best canonical source expressing skepticism of the âwell-offâ bit, but The Future Might Not Be So Great contains a long list of arguments about whether future people will be well off; I would be interested in you responding to some of those.