I don’t say this for one-upmanship, but I’m more worried about everyone else than just me. It basically doesn’t matter how much I care about each individual person, there are a lot of them (and also I’d feel pretty lousy about a stray paperclipper wiping out some aliens sometime).
to be clear: obviously, as much as I very badly do not want to die, everyone else dying would be cosmically worse (i would obviously much rather die than have everyone else die).
I just didn’t see anyone else directly expressing my overwhelming immediate instinctive pure emotional reaction, so I figured I’d share it
Sorry I worded my comment in a way that made that reply appropriate, it wasn’t what I meant. I just have a harder time imagining myself dead than I do everyone dead (as crazy as that sounds).
I’ve been thinking about this for a few days actually. I think the intellectual part of my brain has a lot more experience imagining others dead than myself. I have actual experience knowing large numbers of people are dying, but only actual experience knowing that I can die.
I don’t say this for one-upmanship, but I’m more worried about everyone else than just me. It basically doesn’t matter how much I care about each individual person, there are a lot of them (and also I’d feel pretty lousy about a stray paperclipper wiping out some aliens sometime).
to be clear: obviously, as much as I very badly do not want to die, everyone else dying would be cosmically worse (i would obviously much rather die than have everyone else die).
I just didn’t see anyone else directly expressing my overwhelming immediate instinctive pure emotional reaction, so I figured I’d share it
Sorry I worded my comment in a way that made that reply appropriate, it wasn’t what I meant. I just have a harder time imagining myself dead than I do everyone dead (as crazy as that sounds).
I’m on board with you, just less imaginative.
I’ve been thinking about this for a few days actually. I think the intellectual part of my brain has a lot more experience imagining others dead than myself. I have actual experience knowing large numbers of people are dying, but only actual experience knowing that I can die.