I think it’s pretty common within EA to think that pathogens evolving in the wild are very unlikely to present existential risks. We could be wrong on this, though, and a good first step could be to write up a top-level post here explaining why you see climate change-driven biological risks as potentially existential?
I think it’s pretty common within EA to think that pathogens evolving in the wild are very unlikely to present existential risks. We could be wrong on this, though, and a good first step could be to write up a top-level post here explaining why you see climate change-driven biological risks as potentially existential?
Thanks Jeff for the reply. I had written on climate change and emerging pathogens earlier. Here is the link to a thought I had earlier
https://​​forum.effectivealtruism.org/​​posts/​​wh6sCGu8qYMrAznJL/​​climate-change-and-emerging-fungal-infections-impacts
Thanks for sharing the post! I don’t see an argument in it for how emerging fungal infections could be potentially civilization-ending, though?