pnrjulius comments on Other Existential Risks - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pnrjulius 12 June 2012 02:51:37AM *  -1 points [-]

We clearly don't focus enough on near-term existential risks that we already know about:

  1. Nuclear war

  2. Global warming

  3. Asteroid impact

  4. Supervolcano eruption

Compared to these (which already exist right now and are relatively well-understood), worrying about grey goo and unfriendly AIs does seem a bit beside the point.