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Rob Wiblin on human nature, new technology, and living a happy, healthy & ethical life

80,000 Hours Podcast

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Is the Government a Good Place to Do Risky Things?

In general I think humanity is very bad at risk management which is why there's a lot of really great opportunities to improve the world by managing these like unusual risks that most people haven't thought about. The feedback mechanism that causes government to invest serious money in dealing with these kind of tail risks isn't really functioning super well, he says.

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