we established the future of life institute, compares it with buying home insurance. when you buy a house it makes sense to also sign up for insurance, even though you don’t plan for the house to burn down. but as long as you can’t rule it out completely, it would be responsible to prepare.
what you are saying is that we have reached a critical stage in the development of civilization.
potentially, yes. but there is also a chance that nothing will happen. another century will pass and a new generation will follow another just as it has for thousands of years. the thing is that we can’t be sure of that 