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Why do we care about our species having a "backup" if it isn't us? "It sounds hard and I am bored" is a reason I can at least understand, but arguing we would b
by saurik 4y ago
Why do we care about our species having a "backup" if it isn't us? "It sounds hard and I am bored" is a reason I can at least understand, but arguing we would be "crazy to keep all of our existential eggs in a single basket" implies some objective inherent value to humanity existing in the abstract that we all must be willing to sacrifice for, and that requires a lot more explication.
- aeternum 4y agoIt's not just humanity, it is all of life. It is possible that complex multicellular life does not exist anywhere else in the universe. Almost everyone agrees that life, not just human life is important and meaningful. Another way to look at it is consider the opposite bet. Suppose that you could improve every Earth organism's life by 10%, but at the cost of requiring all life to stay on a single volcanic island in Hawaii. Would you ever take that bet?