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Lapsed_Lurker comments on Nick Bostrom's TED talk and setting priorities - Less Wrong Discussion
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If you mostly solve the 'Ageing' and 'Unnecessary Unhappiness' problems, the youthful, happy populous will probably give a lot more weight to 'Things That Might Kill Everyone'
I don't know about putting these things into proper categories, but I'm sure I'd be a lot more worried about the (more distant than a few decades) future if I had a stronger expectation of living to see it and I spent less time being depressed.