Poll
Question:
Which way out?
Option 1: Pandemic
votes: 1
Option 2: MAD nuclear exchange
votes: 1
Option 3: Hostile AI
votes: 1
Option 4: Global warming
votes: 6
Option 5: Dark forest strike
votes: 1
Option 6: Nanobots
votes: 0
Option 7: Bolide impact
votes: 0
Option 8: Gamma ray burst
votes: 0
Option 9: Flood basalt/supervolcano
votes: 2
Option 10: Peak everything
votes: 1
Option 11: Population bust
votes: 0
Option 12: False vacuum decay
votes: 1
Option 13: Other (be creative)
votes: 1
Well?
I suppose I should have included 'Simulation shut down.' :hmm:
Death by snu-snu.
I think global warming, pandemic and hostile AI are the three most likely scenarios. Global warming is only a matter of time. So is the next pandemic. I am less sure about hostile AI but I won't be surprised if it happens.
Of these three, I think global warming is the most dangerous or most hopeless. There exists the political will to combat a pandemic. It is more of a scientific problem than a political problem. The same goes for hostile AI. People will agree that it is a problem worth solving.
Global warming is hopeless. By the time there is a political will to do something about it, the point of no return would have been reached a long time ago.
Global warming is happening, but is unlikely to end civilization. Neither would a nuclear exchange, I think.
Anyway, I voted "peak everything", since I'm sure we'll eventually run out of something.
Unlike the rest which are just very small risks at this time, global warming is a certainty short of gigantic changes in human behaviour.
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on June 07, 2020, 03:04:24 AM
I suppose I should have included 'Simulation shut down.' :hmm:
That's okay. You included it in the other infinite number of simulations. :D
I'm voting for the Sweet Meteor of Death. :cool: