NancyLebovitz comments on Open Thread, June 1-15, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 01 June 2012 02:37:06PM 2 points [-]

The only suggestion I've heard is self-sustaining space colonies, which obviously is not doable anytime soon. Depending on the specifics, buried bunkers might work, as long as they're not on the same continent to be buried in the ash or lava.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 01 June 2012 05:24:59PM 0 points [-]

Sounds like something best left for the future, which I hope will have much better tech. Tectonic engineering? Forcefields? Everyone uploaded?

Comment author: gwern 01 June 2012 05:28:15PM *  1 point [-]

Some existential risks simply may be intractable and the bullet bitten. It's not like we can do anything about a vacuum collapse either.