[chris_hhh]

"Here’s hoping that by encountering an extraterrestrial role model, we will do better in the future than we did in the past."

Through what mechanism? This is thoughtless, ignorant stuff.

Instead, humanity has come together by successfully acting as a species through cosmopolitanism -- which right now is cast as an equity thing, but if you squint, it's actually a way for humans to row in the same direction, more free from reptilian-brain isms.

That's tough; there's reactionaries everywhere and self-interest causes them to be bankrolled and amplified by our most wealthy and powerful folks.

Where we've made the most strides as humans though, we've temporarily found narratives to mobilize enough folks against the Charlie Kirks of the world, lifting some of the economic and social barriers that artificially depress the talent/cooperation/discovery.

Casting that work as a distraction when it's actually a force-muliplier for progress -- like the kind described here -- is profoundly dumb.

[alisonkisk]

He appears to be a regretful atheist who yearns for a natural replacement for the power of the supernatural God some religious people believe in. See also the Singularity Rationalist / Roko's Basilisk people.