At this discount rate, you would value a civilization that lives 10,000 years in the future, which is a real choice that past humans faced, at less than a billion billion times of their civilization at the time.
I am pretty confused by some of the comments here. I think "Sharing information on Ben Pace" is supposed to be about Kat's experiences and that Kat is expecting/wanting that to be obvious.
What choice are you thinking of?