Assume there are two societies that passed the great filter and are now grabby. Society EA and society NOEA.
Society EA you could say is quite similar to our own society. The majority of the dominant species is not concerned with passing the great filter and most individuals are inadvertently increasing the chance of the species extinction. However, a small contingent had become utilitarian rationalists and speced heavily into reducing x-risk. Since the group passed the great filter, you can assume this is in large part due to this contingent of EAs/guardian angels.
Now society NOEA is a species that passed the filter, but they didn’t have EA rationalists. The only way they were able to pass the filter was because as a species, they are overall quite careful and thoughtful. The whole species rather than a divergent few has enough of a security mindset that there was no special group that “saved” them.
Which species would we prefer to get more control of resources?
The punchline is that the very fact that we “need” EA on earth might provide evidence that our values are worse than the species that didn’t need EA to pass the filter.
Assume there are two societies that passed the great filter and are now grabby. Society EA and society NOEA.
Society EA you could say is quite similar to our own society. The majority of the dominant species is not concerned with passing the great filter and most individuals are inadvertently increasing the chance of the species extinction. However, a small contingent had become utilitarian rationalists and speced heavily into reducing x-risk. Since the group passed the great filter, you can assume this is in large part due to this contingent of EAs/guardian angels.
Now society NOEA is a species that passed the filter, but they didn’t have EA rationalists. The only way they were able to pass the filter was because as a species, they are overall quite careful and thoughtful. The whole species rather than a divergent few has enough of a security mindset that there was no special group that “saved” them.
Which species would we prefer to get more control of resources?
The punchline is that the very fact that we “need” EA on earth might provide evidence that our values are worse than the species that didn’t need EA to pass the filter.