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You're thinking about deontic status instead of rational choice (specifically, evaluating ex ante prospects). My argument is about the latter, not the former.

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Ah okay, maybe I misunderstood what you meant when you said that the opportunity to independently reduce the risk of mass extinction by 1/X is "clearly worth taking." I understood this to mean that you thought it would be wrong for individuals not to take these risks.

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Nah, I'm generally pretty uninterested in deontic status. Compare: https://rychappell.substack.com/p/impermissibility-is-overrated

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