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I actually don't care what happens in a thousand years and beyond that. I'm fine with humanity going extinct. This obsession with getting to Mars for the sake o

I actually don't care what happens in a thousand years and beyond that. I'm fine with humanity going extinct. This obsession with getting to Mars for the sake of surviving the collapse on our planet is beyond me. I find those ambitions rather cheesy.

bricemo 4y ago
But humans thousands of years ago made decisions that make our lives today possible. Aren’t you glad that you had the chance to exist and enjoy your own life? I highly recommend Ian McCaskill‘s recent book “ what we owe the future.” He makes a compelling rational argument that it makes no less sense to discount future generations than it does to discount physically distant people who are suffering today.
- 2-718-281-828 4y ago
  It doesn't make sense to be glad one exists given that 1) you will go back to nonexistance anyway 2) you wouldn't care about not exisiting One just exists and has some fun, some worries - and that's it
- cpsns 4y ago
  > Aren’t you glad that you had the chance to exist and enjoy your own life? Not particularly no, but that’s a very unpopular opinion to hold. I remain unconvinced that this is preferable to non-existence.
Teever 4y ago
What motivates you to write a comment like this? That's an honest question, like in your nihilistic worldview where humanity going extinct is no big deal, what drives you to do your every day things? If you could prevent humanity from going extinct by pressing a button, would you do it? If you could cause humanity to go extinct by pressing a button, would you do it? What do you care about, and why?
- unbalancedevh 4y ago
  > in your nihilistic worldview where humanity going extinct is no big deal, what drives you to do your every day things? Having a nihilistic worldview doesn't mean that a person doesn't have the same drives, emotions, desires, etc. as other people. It's not a contradiction to both enjoy being happy and be a nihilist. > If [something impossible], would you ...? The answer to questions like this is always "maybe." If the impossible is possible, who knows what other considerations there are?
- 2-718-281-828 4y ago
  I do have emotions. You have emotions. I'd help you if you are in an emergency. But humanity is just a concept, an idea.

bricemo 4y ago

But humans thousands of years ago made decisions that make our lives today possible. Aren’t you glad that you had the chance to exist and enjoy your own life? I highly recommend Ian McCaskill‘s recent book “ what we owe the future.” He makes a compelling rational argument that it makes no less sense to discount future generations than it does to discount physically distant people who are suffering today.

2-718-281-828 4y ago
It doesn't make sense to be glad one exists given that 1) you will go back to nonexistance anyway 2) you wouldn't care about not exisiting One just exists and has some fun, some worries - and that's it
cpsns 4y ago
> Aren’t you glad that you had the chance to exist and enjoy your own life? Not particularly no, but that’s a very unpopular opinion to hold. I remain unconvinced that this is preferable to non-existence.

Teever 4y ago

What motivates you to write a comment like this? That's an honest question, like in your nihilistic worldview where humanity going extinct is no big deal, what drives you to do your every day things? If you could prevent humanity from going extinct by pressing a button, would you do it? If you could cause humanity to go extinct by pressing a button, would you do it? What do you care about, and why?

unbalancedevh 4y ago
> in your nihilistic worldview where humanity going extinct is no big deal, what drives you to do your every day things? Having a nihilistic worldview doesn't mean that a person doesn't have the same drives, emotions, desires, etc. as other people. It's not a contradiction to both enjoy being happy and be a nihilist. > If [something impossible], would you ...? The answer to questions like this is always "maybe." If the impossible is possible, who knows what other considerations there are?
2-718-281-828 4y ago
I do have emotions. You have emotions. I'd help you if you are in an emergency. But humanity is just a concept, an idea.