Stuart_Armstrong comments on Costs to (potentially) eternal life - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 25 January 2010 12:19:45PM 0 points [-]

The debate already exists, for altruists who care about future generations as well: would you kill three people to stop an asteroid/global warming/monster of the week from killing more in future?

This is just the same question, made slightly more immediate and selfish by including yourself in that future.