> This ordering of priorities, in which the sacrosanct goal is to extend "the probable lifespan of consciousness" and space colonization the means, is above all

> This ordering of priorities, in which the sacrosanct goal is to extend "the probable lifespan of consciousness" and space colonization the means, is above all else a monstrous permission structure for this outspoken bigot's vile social ideas, a kind of reductio ad absurdum for what's been doing business as "effective altruism" for a while now. The author is frankly, biased to the point of being deranged. Even if this rant were written in a more mature way, I would say that he lacks imagination and ambition. A lot of things that exist today - both good and bad - would have been only fiction fifty years ago. To me this sort of criticism feels like someone standing on the sidelines thinking they somehow know it all.