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Re:We're Underestimating the Risk of Human Extinction by lincolnq on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @01:26PM (#3676499)
"unborn future billions" sounds so... abstract.

Think of Petrov: http://lesswrong.com/lw/8f0/existential_risk/

We effectively credit him with saving the world. If it weren't for him, most of us might not be around. I consider him a hero. From a moral perspective I would rather be him than Bill Gates, who has greatly reduced suffering and disease in the modern world. Just because of the impact on the future.

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Re:We're Underestimating the Risk of Human Extinction by ThaddeusQuay2 on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @10:43PM (#3678503)
http://rt.com/news/soviet-nuclear-petrov-stanislav-221 (Retired Soviet officer rewarded for averting nuclear war)(2012-FEB-25)
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