I agree that going into the details of the far future and trying to find specific solutions to specific problems might be ineffective, e.g. a caveman living 100,000 years ago can’t do much help us solve global warming.
But I think imagining the far future over billions of years once in a while, and treating it as a serious topic (e.g. listening to people talk about it without cringing), helps us remember that it actually exists and is something at stake.
I agree that going into the details of the far future and trying to find specific solutions to specific problems might be ineffective, e.g. a caveman living 100,000 years ago can’t do much help us solve global warming.
But I think imagining the far future over billions of years once in a while, and treating it as a serious topic (e.g. listening to people talk about it without cringing), helps us remember that it actually exists and is something at stake.