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One: Toby Ord on existential risks

Effective Altruism: Ten Global Problems – 80000 Hours

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Are We More Robust Than We Used to Be?

If we've survived this long, we shouldn't expect to have anything above a one and two thousand chance of witnessing something like that this century. If anything's changed, it's that we're more robust against them. So if anything, it seems like the chances are decreasing. We're becoming less vulnerable to it. The ideaisi is meant to be like,. i guess, like a crystal in the supersaturated solution where when you have this all clear to me, let's leave it thereo, a thotsand nows. A diversion.

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