Are you aware of the existential risks that loom and threaten humanity?
Do you realize that the time frame for these threats is between 3-30 years, a much shorter time frame than global warming (I believe media attention will probably tire of global warming long before that)?
Michael Anissimov is one of those young thinkers who are aware of the existential risks for humanity, just as much as they're aware of the great potential for greater-than-human intelligence to emerge if we don't blow it before then. I wonder how many there are.
Read on his series of recent posts on the subject:
- Is it Possible to Get Non-Immortalists to Care about X-Risks?
- The Other Side of the Immortality Coin
- Looking Human Extinction in the Face
Then realize that it is not only about the lives of our children but really about our lives. And I even include my baby-boomer parents in the lot.
What can we do about it? Michael explains it so I will stress the easiest part: be aware, be conscious. That's what I am doing, I spread the word.
Do you understand these risks? Do you believe in them? Tell me.
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