Thanks for writing this. I thought it was really enlightening.
I think longtermism and the idea that we could influence a vast future is a really interesting and important idea. As you said, future people will probably see us as both incredibly incompetent and influential. Maybe the most rational response to this situation is to be determined to make the future go well.
I also thought it was really insightful how you mentioned that discovering past truths must have been hard. We take science and technology for granted but much of it is the result of cumulative hard work over time by scientists and engineers.
Thanks for writing this. I thought it was really enlightening.
I think longtermism and the idea that we could influence a vast future is a really interesting and important idea. As you said, future people will probably see us as both incredibly incompetent and influential. Maybe the most rational response to this situation is to be determined to make the future go well.
I also thought it was really insightful how you mentioned that discovering past truths must have been hard. We take science and technology for granted but much of it is the result of cumulative hard work over time by scientists and engineers.