John Socks on Nostr: I'm not sure if Charlie Stross is being sardonic when he says: "sooner or later the ...
I'm not sure if Charlie Stross is being sardonic when he says:
"sooner or later the human species will go extinct—but unless I'm the last human in the world, THAT'S NOT MY PROBLEM 'coz I'll already be dead. Our impending species extinction is a tragedy only in the abstract, because nobody will be around to experience it."
Because this is of course the root of a lot of human inaction. It doesn't even have to be about far futures.
"sooner or later the human species will go extinct—but unless I'm the last human in the world, THAT'S NOT MY PROBLEM 'coz I'll already be dead. Our impending species extinction is a tragedy only in the abstract, because nobody will be around to experience it."
Because this is of course the root of a lot of human inaction. It doesn't even have to be about far futures.