I think another large part of the focus comes from their views on population ethics. For example, in the article, you can “save” people by ensuring they’re born in the first place:
Let’s explore some hypothetical numbers to illustrate the general concept. If there’s a 5% chance that civilisation lasts for ten million years, then in expectation, there are 5000 future generations. If thousands of people making a concerted effort could, with a 55% probability, reduce the risk of premature extinction by 1 percentage point, then these efforts would in expectation save 28 future generations. If each generation contains ten billion people, that would be 280 billion lives saved. If there’s a chance civilisation lasts longer than ten million years, or that there are more than ten billion people in each future generation, then the argument is strengthened even further.
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I discuss this further in my section “Implications for EA priorities” in this post of mine. I recommend trying this tool of theirs.
I think another large part of the focus comes from their views on population ethics. For example, in the article, you can “save” people by ensuring they’re born in the first place:
(bold mine)
I discuss this further in my section “Implications for EA priorities” in this post of mine. I recommend trying this tool of theirs.