We could devote 100% of currently available resources to existential risk reduction, live in austerity, and never be finished ensuring our own survival. However, if increase the value of futures where we survive, we will develop more and more resources that can then be put to existential risk reduction. People will be not only happier, but also more capable and skilled, when we create a world where people can thrive rather than just survive. The highest quality futures are the most robust.
We could devote 100% of currently available resources to existential risk reduction, live in austerity, and never be finished ensuring our own survival. However, if increase the value of futures where we survive, we will develop more and more resources that can then be put to existential risk reduction. People will be not only happier, but also more capable and skilled, when we create a world where people can thrive rather than just survive. The highest quality futures are the most robust.