Haven’t gotten around to seriously engaging with longtermism yet, but this makes it seem pretty cool. I mean, I do love Star Trek. And it could be real, if we give ourselves enough time!
Zooming out from our local planetary struggles is always so humbling. Just like the picture of Earth from Saturn you shared. Humans are also just so new everything.
It is scary to think about if humanity will make it past the time of immense risk we live in, especially given
Haven’t gotten around to seriously engaging with longtermism yet, but this makes it seem pretty cool. I mean, I do love Star Trek. And it could be real, if we give ourselves enough time!
have you read The Precipice by Toby Ord? it's basically the same stuff as this post, just a lot longer
its been on my reading list for eeeeever but yeah I keep thinking about it. Might read on my 53h train
Zooming out from our local planetary struggles is always so humbling. Just like the picture of Earth from Saturn you shared. Humans are also just so new everything.
It is scary to think about if humanity will make it past the time of immense risk we live in, especially given
all that I know is that This Can't Go On: https://www.cold-takes.com/this-cant-go-on/
good read
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Fully agree. Great post