We also face this problem with longtermist research. You could cheekily describe longtermism as “believing that the most important things have the worst feedback loops.”
It seems to me like this mindset exists too much in longtermism. The current pandemic is feedback that previous biosafety approaches didn’t work and it would be possible to react.
It seems to me like this mindset exists too much in longtermism. The current pandemic is feedback that previous biosafety approaches didn’t work and it would be possible to react.