Edit: Oops, I responded to the first part of your question, not the second. My guess is timelines with less than 5 years seem really very hard, though we should still try. I think there is lots of hope in the 5-15 year timeline worlds. 15 years is just roughly the threshold of when I would stop considering someone’s timelines “short”, as a category.
I admit, it’s pretty disheartening to hear that, even if we had until 2040 (which seems less and less likely to me anyway), you’d still think there’s not much we could do but grieve in advance.
About 15 years, I think?
Edit: Oops, I responded to the first part of your question, not the second. My guess is timelines with less than 5 years seem really very hard, though we should still try. I think there is lots of hope in the 5-15 year timeline worlds. 15 years is just roughly the threshold of when I would stop considering someone’s timelines “short”, as a category.
I admit, it’s pretty disheartening to hear that, even if we had until 2040 (which seems less and less likely to me anyway), you’d still think there’s not much we could do but grieve in advance.