I particularly agree with the last point on focussing on purely defensive (not net-defensive) pathogen-agnostic technologies, such as metagenomic sequencing and resilience measures like PPE, air filters and shelters.
If others share this biodefense model in the longtermist biosecurity community, I think it’d be important to point towards these countermeasures in introductory materials (80k website, reading lists, future podcast episodes)
I particularly agree with the last point on focussing on purely defensive (not net-defensive) pathogen-agnostic technologies, such as metagenomic sequencing and resilience measures like PPE, air filters and shelters.
If others share this biodefense model in the longtermist biosecurity community, I think it’d be important to point towards these countermeasures in introductory materials (80k website, reading lists, future podcast episodes)