but, even among those who do realize that we’re at a bottleneck, few try to shape the future in any substantial way, to nudge it one way or another. Instead, they just go about their “normal” lives, and continue to spend their money on the standard status symbols and consumer goods.
The human brain is actually highly constrained by the social reality it finds itself in, and by the need to satisfy various biological drives (status, sex, child-rearing, romance, friendship/socializing, signaling).
Furthermore, it is not obvious to most people why they should actually care about other distant humans, rather than just talking about it. Distant future humans in trouble? Um, ok, what’s on TV then?
The human brain is actually highly constrained by the social reality it finds itself in, and by the need to satisfy various biological drives (status, sex, child-rearing, romance, friendship/socializing, signaling).
Furthermore, it is not obvious to most people why they should actually care about other distant humans, rather than just talking about it. Distant future humans in trouble? Um, ok, what’s on TV then?