Humans develop their full cognitive potential in an environment that is complex & challenging, without being overwhelming. Similarly, the big technological leaps of past civilizations have occurred in response to environmental constraints that were challenging, but not too harsh.
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Climate change is a challenge that must be met, but it's not "existential" in the next century. But nuclear wars, weaponized pathogens, autonomous weaponry and the like--those are definitely potentially existential & will dictate progress or lack therefore in coming decades imo.
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It’s interesting/ironic that our future progress will feed off our past failure. We are always fighting entropy.
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Or it might be the Great Filter.
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