True enough. There was someone the other day on Twitter who out of sheer spite for longtermists (specifically, a few ones who have admittedly rather bonkers and questionable political ideas) ended up posting a philosophy piece that was basically “you know, maybe extinction is actually okay” and that made me want to hit my head against a wall. Never mind that this was someone who would get rightfully angry about people dying from some famine or from the damages of climate change. What, does it make it better if at least everyone else dies too, so it’s fair?
True enough. There was someone the other day on Twitter who out of sheer spite for longtermists (specifically, a few ones who have admittedly rather bonkers and questionable political ideas) ended up posting a philosophy piece that was basically “you know, maybe extinction is actually okay” and that made me want to hit my head against a wall. Never mind that this was someone who would get rightfully angry about people dying from some famine or from the damages of climate change. What, does it make it better if at least everyone else dies too, so it’s fair?