At age 16, I despaired about the risk of global thermonuclear war. I was right to worry. It was a real risk; adults weren't on top of it; & it's blind luck we're still here. But not everything teens worry about proves to be as catastrophic as they think.
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Replying to @primalpoly
You're making the same mistake her fans are by making it about her. Scientists have been concerned about climate change for decades. And as for nuclear war, we came within a hair of it happening in 1962. We got lucky
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Replying to @Pythagasaurus2
I didn't say we shouldn't worry about climate change. I've consistently said that it's not an existential risk to humanity the way that global thermonuclear war is still an X-risk.
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Replying to @primalpoly @Pythagasaurus2
Thinking in terms of converging catastrophes, couldn't a changing climate make conflict & the risk of nuclear war even more likely?
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Maybe. But lots of other things could make a nuclear war more likely, and they're not getting as much attention.
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