Jakeness comments on Rationality Quotes July 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jakeness 03 July 2013 12:31:26AM 0 points [-]

if you decline to condemn them to death, how are they different from other “residents” in the distant future?

Probably because some are more real and others are less so.

Can you explain in more detail what you mean by this?

Comment author: shminux 03 July 2013 07:03:20AM *  1 point [-]

It's pretty reasonable to care about the live people you know more than about some from potential future generations.

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