Allan_Crossman comments on The Gift We Give To Tomorrow - Less Wrong

44 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 17 July 2008 06:07AM

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Comment author: Allan_Crossman 17 July 2008 09:53:48PM 3 points [-]

None of us can say what our descendants will or will not do, but there is no reason to believe that any particular part of human nature will be worthy in their eyes. [emphasis mine]

I can see one possible reason: we might have some influence over what they think.