[ExI] Existential Risks might be underestimated

[Tara Maya]

I believe we have the capacity to greatly increase the biodiversity and life carry-capcity of the entire Earth…increasing not only our own population but the total number of species on our planet, and ultimately, in the solar system or beyond. 

I confess to the sins of being an optimist and a humanist. I believe in the value of human life and human intelligence. I believe a human being is of more benefit alive than dead. 

Tara Maya
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> On May 28, 2015, at 11:16 AM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Tara Maya <tara at taramayastales.com <mailto:tara at taramayastales.com>> wrote:
> Again, I’d just like to point out there’s no proof more is not better.
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> You can assert it is not.
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> I hereby assert: More is better. The more humans the better. We don’t have nearly enough yet to even imagine what will become. 
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> We are still in the infancy of our sentience and haven’t even left the cradle yet.
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> Tara Maya
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> ​Define 'better'. I say we are polluting the planet far more than our species is worth.​ ​  Fouling our nest, as if we are the only things in the universe worth anything.​
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>> On May 28, 2015, at 10:49 AM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com <mailto:foozler83 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> ​ More is not better…
>>  Agreed.  I just don’t see a clear path to prevent it.
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