In principle, I think giving this money back would be a very good thing if it means getting money back to those who are owed it. However, this is very complicated if either A: you’ve already spent the money, or B: you need the money to survive. For instance, I’m an FTX grantee, and I’m using the money to pay rent and other living expenses (I don’t have a job otherwise at the moment, so the loss of income would be a big problem for me).
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Sure thing, I changed the settings to anyone with a link can edit.
Thanks for the recommendations! I think it looks better now, less busy.
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From what I can tell, support is bipartisan but small. It was sponsored by a Republican, Senator Rob Portman from Ohio, and is cosponsored by two Democrats and one other Republican.
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That’s a really good point, it’s similar to but distinct from the argument from Deep Ecology. I may add it to the article.
Thank you for that reminder. As with many things in philosophy, this discussion can wander into some pretty dark territory, and it’s important to take care of our mental health.
Side note: I love that “paperclipping” is a verb now.
Interesting, thank you for sharing. A lot of this debate centers around our interpretations of consequentialism.
Thank you for that clarification, I apologize if I misrepresented the movement as a whole. The main reason I listed anti-natalism was because you could argue from that perspective that stopping human extinction is bad, not that anti-natalism necessarily implies that. The same goes for virtually all of these arguments.
Interesting, I’ll have to look into that. Thanks for the clarification.
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.
Great points. If you assume a negative utilitarian worldview, you can make strong arguments both for and against human extinction.
That’s awesome! Thanks for the update!