Forecasting and prioritizing risks seems to be what EA is allocating a lot of its resources towards, but is there a field in EA that works on global catastrophe preparation?
I imagine that we could come up with more things like the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, in the context of optimizing the “re-boot of society” in case of a catastrophic event.
We certainly cannot predict and be prepared for all the events that will pose a threat to our civilization’s continued flourishing, so preparation could be a field to explore.
There’s some conversation about likelihood of recovery in the event of total collapse of civilization. Some are optimistic, I think I’m somewhat less so. I could not quickly find a link unfortunately. I’m guessing there could be reasonable things to do to improve our post-collapse chances.
I’m not sure if this qualifies, but Allfed is interested in post-disaster food-security. I recommend this podcast if you haven’t heard it.
Forecasting and prioritizing risks seems to be what EA is allocating a lot of its resources towards, but is there a field in EA that works on global catastrophe preparation?
I imagine that we could come up with more things like the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, in the context of optimizing the “re-boot of society” in case of a catastrophic event.
We certainly cannot predict and be prepared for all the events that will pose a threat to our civilization’s continued flourishing, so preparation could be a field to explore.
Welcome to the Forum! That’s a good question.
There’s some conversation about likelihood of recovery in the event of total collapse of civilization. Some are optimistic, I think I’m somewhat less so. I could not quickly find a link unfortunately. I’m guessing there could be reasonable things to do to improve our post-collapse chances.
I’m not sure if this qualifies, but Allfed is interested in post-disaster food-security. I recommend this podcast if you haven’t heard it.
Hi!
That seems to be relevant to the things I was looking into. Thank you!