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Ask HN: What's the greatest existential threat to humanity?
I'd guess "asteroids" because it's a common extinction-causing event in geological history.
Popular answers: Climate change, AI singularity, nuclear war, other environmental catastrophe.
- JeremySecond 7y agoMoloch: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
- 7thaccount 7y agoSo much of our technology is built up on many layers and nobody knows how anything works anymore.
- bradknowles 7y agoThe answer is “humanity”. We are our own worst enemy. Greed uber alles.