Nick Bostrom

And for the most part, most people are only slightly affected by these big picture considerations, I think.

And for the most part, most people are only slightly affected by these big picture considerations, I think.

I mean, you can look through human history, different worldviews have come and gone.

I mean, you can look through human history, different worldviews have come and gone.

And some people become very fanatical and take it seriously.

And some people become very fanatical and take it seriously.

Most people just, broadly speaking,

Most people just, broadly speaking,

get on with their lives.

get on with their lives.

You know, maybe once in a while they get asked about these things and they say certain words rather than other words, but by and large.

You know, maybe once in a while they get asked about these things and they say certain words rather than other words, but by and large.

So I think sort of the direct philosophical implications on our behavior would be moderate probably, but I imagine in this

So I think sort of the direct philosophical implications on our behavior would be moderate probably, but I imagine in this

In this situation where we developed the technology, say, to create our own simulations, the technology that allowed us to do that would also allow us to do so many other things to reshape our world.

In this situation where we developed the technology, say, to create our own simulations, the technology that allowed us to do that would also allow us to do so many other things to reshape our world.

And those more direct technological impacts, I think, would be far greater than the sort of indirect impacts by changing our philosophical opinions about the world.

And those more direct technological impacts, I think, would be far greater than the sort of indirect impacts by changing our philosophical opinions about the world.

Why would that be the case?

Why would that be the case?