So a proposal might be: construct a narrative that defeats these two biases in a convincing way:
But there are two very human biases on display here: the idea that occupying large amounts of physical space is indicative of "importance"; and that things which exist for long durations of time are inherently more valuable. These are human biases and there any many examples in nature of the exact opposite being true.
are they getting in the way of finding a middle ground between being lost in space and being the center of the universe? do we need to find a middle ground?
in my opinion a compelling narrative primarily needs to address the problems humanity is facing today: poverty and wealth, climate change, gender equality, war and conflict, disagreement of religion, racism and prejudice, injustice...
i think to address these, it doesn't matter much whether we are lost in space or the center of the universe
One starting point might be what I wrote in a comment here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41358528
So a proposal might be: construct a narrative that defeats these two biases in a convincing way:
But there are two very human biases on display here: the idea that occupying large amounts of physical space is indicative of "importance"; and that things which exist for long durations of time are inherently more valuable. These are human biases and there any many examples in nature of the exact opposite being true.