For me, the implication of standing at the fulcrum of human history is to…read a lot of textbooks and think about hairy computer science problems.
That seems an odd enough conclusion to make it quite distinct from most other people in human history.
If the conclusion were “go over to those people, hit them on the head with a big rock, and take their women & children as slaves” or “acquire a lot of power”, I’d be way more careful.
For me, the implication of standing at the fulcrum of human history is to…read a lot of textbooks and think about hairy computer science problems.
That seems an odd enough conclusion to make it quite distinct from most other people in human history.
If the conclusion were “go over to those people, hit them on the head with a big rock, and take their women & children as slaves” or “acquire a lot of power”, I’d be way more careful.