NancyLebovitz comments on Open Thread June 2010, Part 3 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 16 June 2010 08:32:58AM 3 points [-]

One other factor which influences how much goes into reducing existential risk is the general wealth level. Long term existential risk gets taken care of after people take care of shorter term risks, have what they consider to be enough fun, and spend quite a bit on maintaining status.

More to spare means being likely to have a longer time horizon.