> It's a bit, uh, odd to complain about associating an idea with it's proponents Not when they're non-representative proponents used to advance an inaccurate s

> It's a bit, uh, odd to complain about associating an idea with it's proponents Not when they're non-representative proponents used to advance an inaccurate sensationalized viewpoint. That viewpoint is completely opposite of the reality of people thinking about existential risks. The people thinking about existential risks decades ago would have been working on climate change. Now, climate change is in the mainstream consciousness, and though there still isn't enough being done about it, it hardly needs more attention. So it's also reasonable to ask, what problems will have mainstream attention many years from now but we'll wish we'd started working on today?