Whether this is all there is or not, the underlying ethical question for all time is, "Helping or hurting?" With all of humanity's historical foibles, the crises come down to someone taking instead of contributing, often by preventing skepticism of their power source or voting bloc.
Evil: an action taken based on an unquestioned belief.
Net future usefulness: the only 'good' that physically matters to a species (aka its generosity to place and offspring over its consumption of resources).
Human: a primate that builds a model of the universe inside its brain and upon physical maturity, moves a model of its self inside that model, avoiding Reality at all costs.