> We can’t try to stop technological progress. Why? This seems like a very important claim that wasn't explored enough. It felt like a cached thought (http://w

> We can’t try to stop technological progress. Why? This seems like a very important claim that wasn't explored enough. It felt like a cached thought (http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Cached_thought http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Cached_thought). What are the chances that some existential crisis happens? What are the benefits of technological progress? Why do you think that the latter outweighs the former? Perhaps you thought it wasn't worth going into here? That's fair, but I think it's worth a quick paragraph to summarize.