CarlShulman comments on Jews and Nazis: a version of dust specks vs torture - Less Wrong
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Creatures somewhere in existence are going to face death and severe harm for the foreseeable future. This view then seems inert.
There are enough minor threats with expensive countermeasures (more expensive as higher reliability is demanded) that this approach would devour all available wealth. It would bar us from, e.g. traveling for entertainment (risk of death exists whether we walk, drive, or fly). I wouldn't want that tradeoff for society or for myself.