https://xkcd.com/1968/ is #TheLastDerail in a nutshell. I can try to imagine hypotheses, but I'm not sure why Randall Monroe thinks this a clever thing to say. If I wrote a fictional character saying this straight out, I'd be accused of writing a 2D straw character.
Unfortunately, worrying more about Trump using drone strikes than about existential risk is an important part of normie signaling
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Is it just me or would this not have been part of normie signaling in 1950? Or even 1990?
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Signaling concern about nuclear armageddon was mainstream in 1980, and ecologic armageddon acceptable in 1990. Millennials need something different than boomers and GenX to worry about, and AI is too male and nerdy.
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