After reading the article referenced, the author does sound kind of trollish. E.g. > in the hypothetical case of a planet-trashing catastrophe, we (who current

After reading the article referenced, the author does sound kind of trollish. E.g. > in the hypothetical case of a planet-trashing catastrophe, we (who currently inhabit the surface of the Earth) are dead anyway. The future extinction of the human species cannot affect you if you are already dead: strictly speaking, it should be of no personal concern.