"Escape or avert the collapse/heat death of the universe" is probably the last goal. Or, at least, deciding if you want to. Death isn't bad, necessarily.
Like, if we survive long enough we're gonna run out of things to do. I mean, we'll still have chess, but you might as well explore the possibility of beating entropy or finding out if there is an "outside" beyond the universe.
"Escape or avert the collapse/heat death of the universe" is probably the last goal. Or, at least, deciding if you want to. Death isn't bad, necessarily.
Like, if we survive long enough we're gonna run out of things to do. I mean, we'll still have chess, but you might as well explore the possibility of beating entropy or finding out if there is an "outside" beyond the universe.