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		HTTP418 on April 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New NASA Director Swears Oath on Carl Sagan’s ‘Pal... I always assumed we would hit some big filter and die off. If not a filter maybe something in the dark forest would get us

FredPret on April 12, 2023 [–]

Even if the chance of that was 99.9999%, the only morally defensible attitude would still be to devote all our energy to survive, expand, improve, and make human civilization more robust. As fast as possible.

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