I basically agree and am glad you highlighted this.
Nit-pick: But it could be an existential catastrophe even if itās possible to ārestartā civilization, if weāre locked into a much worse trajectory than was previously attainable. E.g. if weāll recover in terms of population, tech, and GDP, but never expand beyond the Earth, never end factory farming, never have huge numbers of digital minds living excellent lives, or whatever.
I basically agree and am glad you highlighted this.
Nit-pick: But it could be an existential catastrophe even if itās possible to ārestartā civilization, if weāre locked into a much worse trajectory than was previously attainable. E.g. if weāll recover in terms of population, tech, and GDP, but never expand beyond the Earth, never end factory farming, never have huge numbers of digital minds living excellent lives, or whatever.
See also Venn diagrams of existential, global, and suffering catastrophes.