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#27 - Dr Tom Inglesby on careers and policies that reduce global catastrophic biological risks

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Global Catastrophic Risks Are Going to Rise Out of the Ocean of Infectious Diseases

At a high level, certainly we we absolutely agree that there should be more resources tudy dedicated to this problem. Catastrophic risks, at least in the natural world, are going to rise out of this frothy ocean of continual infectious diseases happening in the world. I don't think it's likely, even if we really decided to get very serious as a world, i don't Think it's likely that there will be a community solely dedicated to global catastrophic risks alone.

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