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The goal is not to impact the lives of individuals. The goal is to preserve intelligence in the event of a catastrophe. As far as we know, we are the only part
by Dig1t 6y ago
The goal is not to impact the lives of individuals. The goal is to preserve intelligence in the event of a catastrophe.
As far as we know, we are the only part of the universe that is capable of consciousness. The argument is that it is worth going to great lengths to insure against species-wide disasters (e.g. runaway global warming, giant meteor, World War 3)
Its macro-level thinking versus micro-level.
- res0nat0r 6y agoThe earth becoming uninhabitable due to climate change is going to happen way sooner than any pipe dream of folks trying to live on Mars, if they were really concerned about preserving the human species they would be putting billions of dollars into that instead.
- bryanlarsen 6y ago> if they were really concerned about preserving the human species they would be putting billions of dollars into that instead. But they have. Bezos has invested heavily into Rivian, and Musk into Tesla.
- goatlover 6y agoThe Earth didn’t become uninhabitable to animals and plants when volcanic activity raised the CO2 level to six times the current amount preceding dinosaur evolution. And it won’t happen for us either. That doesn’t mean climate change won’t be a significant challenge, but it’s not an extinction level event for generalists like humans who can survive in all sorts of environments.