I inherently value humanity’s success in understanding as much as we do, but I don’t discount the utility much in time; I don’t much mind if we learn something later rather than earlier.
As a result, it’s not that important to me to try to serve that end directly; I think it’s a bigger gain to serve it indirectly, by trying to reduce the probability of extinction in the next hundred years. This also serves several other goals I value.
I inherently value humanity’s success in understanding as much as we do, but I don’t discount the utility much in time; I don’t much mind if we learn something later rather than earlier.
As a result, it’s not that important to me to try to serve that end directly; I think it’s a bigger gain to serve it indirectly, by trying to reduce the probability of extinction in the next hundred years. This also serves several other goals I value.