
[Unedited] A Problem Well-Stated is Half-Solved — with Daniel Schmachtenberger
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The World After World War Two
All civilizations collapse in a way that is based on generally self terminating dynamics. Even when they were overtaken by armies, oftentimes there were armies that were smaller than ones they had defended against successfully at earlier peaks of their adaptive capacity. So catastrophic risk has been a real thing, it's just been local. And it wasn't till world war two that we had enough technological power that catastrophic risk became a global possibility for the first time ever.
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