Don't Worry About the World, Stop Worrying About Extinction Events

Mike Downey: I used to meet a lot of transhumanists who would always tell me, oh, don't worry about this or that animal going extinct. He says as an ethical philosopher, it's a useful excuse of bad behavior now on the promise that you will fix it in the future. "I still believe we're going to make a much better earth here in 25 years or 50 years than we do now," he says. 'It just takes a lot of responsibility'