The point is distinction between the value of the greater good and the means of achieving it. Values about spacetime rather than values about some future that forgets the past leading to it. Applicability of this general point to this incident is dubious, but the general point seems valid (and relevant to reasoning behind condemnation of individual instances of downvoting in such cases).
βIt can sometimes be better for things to be worse.β
I will just leave that there with no further comment.
The point is distinction between the value of the greater good and the means of achieving it. Values about spacetime rather than values about some future that forgets the past leading to it. Applicability of this general point to this incident is dubious, but the general point seems valid (and relevant to reasoning behind condemnation of individual instances of downvoting in such cases).