username2 comments on Open thread, Sep. 21 - Sep. 27, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: drethelin 21 September 2015 07:07:25PM 1 point [-]

The correct answer is: If you care about existential risk you should not pay any attention to politics.

Comment author: username2 21 September 2015 07:23:08PM *  3 points [-]

A lot of attempts to avert existential risks will require a lot of resources and no company or charity have as much resources as US government and US military (or governments of other large countries).

Comment author: drethelin 21 September 2015 11:39:01PM 4 points [-]

Yes, but political campaigning is not how the government pays attention to existential risks. Whether a Democrat or a Republican is in the oval office has little bearing on whether NORAD is getting re-purposed to track asteroids.