True—though maybe some consider “major catastrophe causing the collapse of civilization as we know it” as falling under existential risk, even if it would take much more than that to actually put mankind in danger.
I wonder if Demski would actually give a high probability of human extinction because of global warming, or whether it’s just that he used a broad interpretation of “existential risk”.
True—though maybe some consider “major catastrophe causing the collapse of civilization as we know it” as falling under existential risk, even if it would take much more than that to actually put mankind in danger.
I wonder if Demski would actually give a high probability of human extinction because of global warming, or whether it’s just that he used a broad interpretation of “existential risk”.
Yea, I have to admit that when I wrote that I meant “lower on my list of concerns for the next century”.
Global warming is surely fluff—even reglaciation poses a bigger risk.