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But he views extinction-level events as "that much worse" than a single death. But is an extinction-level event that bad? If everyone gets wiped out, there's no suffering left.
I'm not against others being happy and successful, and sure, that's better than them not being. But I seem to have no preference for anyone existing. Even myself, my kids, my family - if I could, I'd erase the entire lot of us, but it's just not practical.
Your original post says,
Would you please describe the sequence of thoughts leading to that conclusion?