In this case one should probably aim to bite the bullet, rather than dodge the bullet. 21st century civilization is not a global maxima, and our intuitions are just that badly miscalibrated about the scope and scale of possible futures (furthermore there is no ground truth of morality either.) In this case, there’s no solution because the problem depends on a bad assumption (That 21st century civilization is a global maxima.)
In this case one should probably aim to bite the bullet, rather than dodge the bullet. 21st century civilization is not a global maxima, and our intuitions are just that badly miscalibrated about the scope and scale of possible futures (furthermore there is no ground truth of morality either.) In this case, there’s no solution because the problem depends on a bad assumption (That 21st century civilization is a global maxima.)