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Existential risk
History of effective altruism
Information hazard
The Precipice
Atomically precise manufacturing
Climate engineering
Estimation of existential risk
Vulnerable world hypothesis
Macrostrategy
Toby Ord
Anthropogenic existential risk
Asteroids
251 posts
COVID-19 pandemic
Biosecurity
Vaccines
Pandemic preparedness
Global catastrophic biological risk
Research agendas, questions, and project lists
Megaprojects
Refuges
Biosurveillance
Journalism
Antibiotic resistance
1Day Sooner
50
Existential risk mitigation: What I worry about when there are only bad options
MMMaas
1d
2
55
Beyond Simple Existential Risk: Survival in a Complex Interconnected World
Gideon Futerman
29d
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120
Database of existential risk estimates
MichaelA
2y
37
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A Letter to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
John G. Halstead
27d
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Announcing ERA: a spin-off from CERI
Nandini Shiralkar
7d
7
319
Overreacting to current events can be very costly
Kelsey Piper
2mo
71
5
AI Safety in a Vulnerable World: Requesting Feedback on Preliminary Thoughts
Jordan Arel
14d
4
95
A Theologian's Response to Anthropogenic Existential Risk
Fr Peter Wyg
1mo
17
180
Lord Martin Rees: an appreciation
HaydnBelfield
1mo
18
16
How binary is longterm value?
Vasco Grilo
1mo
15
11
Nuclear Fine-Tuning: How Many Worlds Have Been Destroyed?
Ember
4mo
28
47
Could a single alien message destroy us?
Writer
25d
5
40
X-risk Mitigation Does Actually Require Longtermism
𝕮𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖗𝖆
1mo
6
46
Interactively Visualizing X-Risk
Ideopunk
4mo
27
381
Some observations from an EA-adjacent (?) charitable effort
patio11
11d
8
111
EA's Achievements in 2022
ElliotJDavies
6d
7
165
What Rethink Priorities General Longtermism Team Did in 2022, and Updates in Light of the Current Situation
Linch
6d
8
33
COVID-19 in rural Balochistan, Pakistan: Two interviews from May 2020
NunoSempere
4d
2
142
Map of Biosecurity Interventions
James Lin
1mo
29
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A Potential Cheap and High Impact Way to Reduce Covid in the UK this Winter
Lawrence Newport
1mo
16
18
Pandemic Preparedness: Stakeholders who influence politicians in the UK
Alexandra Malikova
12d
1
38
Longtermists Should Work on AI - There is No "AI Neutral" Scenario
simeon_c
4mo
62
186
Delay, Detect, Defend: Preparing for a Future in which Thousands Can Release New Pandemics by Kevin Esvelt
Jeremy
1mo
7
70
Come get malaria with me?
jeberts
21d
4
57
A Framework for Technical Progress on Biosecurity
kyle_fish
1y
1
147
Stop Thinking about FTX. Think About Getting Zika Instead.
jeberts
1mo
5
82
Some research ideas in forecasting
Jaime Sevilla
1mo
5
30
Pandemic prevention as fire-fighting by Richard Williamson (Alvea.bio) for Works in Progress
Nick Whitaker
12d
1