shminux comments on Existential risks open thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 31 March 2013 12:59:26AM * 7 points [-]

Any thoughts on whether it would be worth doing?

It would be worth doing, and has been done, to some degree.

make a big list of all the existential risks, then identify interventions for reducing every risk

There are a few steps missing in between, such as identifying causes of the risks, rating them by likelihood and odds of wiping human species, etc.

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