The most important 'social justice' issue is justice towards future generations -- trillions of potential people across millions of years. Maybe ensuring their existence is a higher ethical priority than intersectionalizing our identities.
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I'm on board with extinction being *really* bad. But I think it's philosophically tricky to explain how bad it is in terms of the injustice done to potential persons
It is philosophically tricky, but I think we should try harder to think about it clearly.
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Totally agree it's important to think through - first time in human history that we are making decisions that risk extinction. I'm producing a student podcast at Harvard this summer and I'd love to have you on to discuss further. Let me know if you might be interested!
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