All good points. Yes, in slower take-off scenarios there would be a larger lag, I suppose I was implicitly thinking of cases where the world quickly moves to collapse or >=20% annual economic growth, but true this does weaken my conclusion. Ah interesting thought about saving lives being especially valuable given the possibility of life-extension tech. Perhaps our best guess ‘life expectancy’ for someone alive today should be >100 years then and maybe far more, if there is even a small chance of entering post-death worlds.
All good points. Yes, in slower take-off scenarios there would be a larger lag, I suppose I was implicitly thinking of cases where the world quickly moves to collapse or >=20% annual economic growth, but true this does weaken my conclusion. Ah interesting thought about saving lives being especially valuable given the possibility of life-extension tech. Perhaps our best guess ‘life expectancy’ for someone alive today should be >100 years then and maybe far more, if there is even a small chance of entering post-death worlds.