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That passage is something of an afterthought, from the epilogue of his book, but it's still disappointing he doesn't credit Robin Hanson for coming up with the
by harshreality 7y ago
That passage is something of an afterthought, from the epilogue of his book, but it's still disappointing he doesn't credit Robin Hanson for coming up with the Great Filter concept[1], or mention the x-risk[2] community which contemplates this stuff.
[1] http://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/greatfilter.html http://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/greatfilter.html
[2] https://nickbostrom.com/existential/risks.html https://nickbostrom.com/existential/risks.html / https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Existential_risk https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Existential_risk
- mlthoughts2018 7y agoI was going to say the same thing. This post just reads like a knock off Great Filter concept with less analysis put into it. For example, environmental devastation is only one of many possible causes of Great Filter-like phenomena.