Arturo, thank you for this comment and the very kind words!
I really like your point about beneficially “dual-use” interventions, and that we might want to look for right-of-boom interventions with near-term positive externalities. I think that’s useful for market-shaping and for political tractability (no one likes to invest in something that their successor will take credit for) -- and it’s just a good thing to do!
It feels similar to the point that bio-risk preparedness has many current-gen benefits, like Kevin Esvelt’s point here that “Crucially, any passive defence capable of substantially impeding the spread of a novel pandemic agent would also suppress or outright eliminate many or even most endemic human viruses and pathogenic bacteria”
Arturo, thank you for this comment and the very kind words!
I really like your point about beneficially “dual-use” interventions, and that we might want to look for right-of-boom interventions with near-term positive externalities. I think that’s useful for market-shaping and for political tractability (no one likes to invest in something that their successor will take credit for) -- and it’s just a good thing to do!
It feels similar to the point that bio-risk preparedness has many current-gen benefits, like Kevin Esvelt’s point here that “Crucially, any passive defence capable of substantially impeding the spread of a novel pandemic agent would also suppress or outright eliminate many or even most endemic human viruses and pathogenic bacteria”