rwallace comments on Open Thread: January 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: rwallace 03 January 2010 02:43:53AM 1 point [-]

Even supposing this unpleasant scenario is true, it is not hopeless. There are things we can do to improve matters. The timescale to develop life extension and uploading is not a prior constant; we can work to speed it up, and we should be doing this anyway. And we can sign up for cryonics to obtain a better alternative worldline.