An existential risk is a risk that threatens the destruction of humanity’s long-term potential. But s-risks are worrisome not only because of the potential they threaten to destroy, but also because of what they threaten to replace this potential with (astronomical amounts of suffering).
I think the “short-term x-risk view” is meant to refer to everyone dying, and ignoring the lost long-term potential. Maybe s-risks could be similarly harmful in the short term, too.
An existential risk is a risk that threatens the destruction of humanity’s long-term potential. But s-risks are worrisome not only because of the potential they threaten to destroy, but also because of what they threaten to replace this potential with (astronomical amounts of suffering).
I think the “short-term x-risk view” is meant to refer to everyone dying, and ignoring the lost long-term potential. Maybe s-risks could be similarly harmful in the short term, too.