Those who have made their name by proclaiming doom have great incentive to see it around every corner.

Apr 21, 2022 · 8:55 PM UTC

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Replying to @gdb
As a doom-thinker I attest this is far from a pleasant experience & I don't see it around every corner at all. I think humanity has a good amount of resilience toward most discussed threats, but not all of them. I think your org should be very possible-doom facing to avoid it.
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Replying to @gdb
Where is the illustration of it
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Replying to @gdb
In the extreme case, they may want to sow and reap it.
Replying to @gdb
Or perhaps it's more a case of them being less and less afraid of testing the defenses that they have constructed. "We will our greatest fears into being by that which we do to try to prevent them." ... false problem focused thinking, instead of deep solution focused thinking.
Replying to @gdb
You are taking irrevocable actions for humanity. The least you owe us, those whom you impose enormous externalities upon, is some charity for your critics.
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Replying to @gdb
It’s always easier to be pessimistic than optimistic. And who doesn’t love a good doomsday story?
Replying to @gdb
This is a fully general argument. "Those who have made their name by proclaiming X have great incentive to see it around every corner." You could say it about anybody -- even yourself.
Replying to @gdb
Couldn’t agree more
Replying to @gdb
That was in the movie, "Pi". Did you ever see it? A math whiz working his home-built computer was hunting for (I think) 216 everywhere. And his old math teacher scolded him for being a numerologist.
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