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Dangerous biological research - is it worth it? (Kevin Esvelt)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

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Pandemic Prediction - The Best Possible Case Scenario for Pendemic Identification

"It's trench warfare now. I mean, it's a partisan, tribal conflict," he says. "You need some kind of new framing" on pandemics to get them off the ground and prevent future ones,. He asks: Is that a good trade? We're ging toit get hit with 4-5 pandemics per century; what if we had thousands of nuclear equivalent powers?"

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