in 2020 "existential risk" will mean "catastrophe", in 2025 "disaster", in 2030 "bad event", in 2035 "thing"
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i know the phrase existential risk existed before bostrom but why would you use it when the existence of the thing isn't at risk
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Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
it's not implausible that brexit poses an existential risk to the EU as an institution, if other nations also pull out
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Replying to @admittedlyhuman @VesselOfSpirit
it's hard to imagine a scenario in which Brexit completely wipes the world economy from existence I guess
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Replying to @admittedlyhuman
yeah that's what i had in mind
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