This is my favorite introduction to existential risk. It’s loosely written from the perspective of global policy, but it’s quite valuable for other approaches to existential risk as well. Topics discussed (with remarkable lucidity) include:
Natural vs anthropogenic existential risk
Meta-uncertainty
Qualitative risk categories
Magnitude of our long-term potential
Maxipok heuristic
Classification of existential risk
Option value
Sustainable state vs sustainable trajectory
Neglectedness of existential risk
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This is my favorite introduction to existential risk. It’s loosely written from the perspective of global policy, but it’s quite valuable for other approaches to existential risk as well. Topics discussed (with remarkable lucidity) include:
Natural vs anthropogenic existential risk
Meta-uncertainty
Qualitative risk categories
Magnitude of our long-term potential
Maxipok heuristic
Classification of existential risk
Option value
Sustainable state vs sustainable trajectory
Neglectedness of existential risk