Cuban’s “What if the risk of climate doom is only 1%” argument has a problem: It applies to too many things.
Should we put all resources into moving humankind to Mars because a meteor might hit Earth in the next 100 years?
What about the risks of robots plus AI?
Cybersecurity calamity?
Rigged elections?
The next pandemic.
Terrorism by drone.
TikTok
National debt
Nuclear war.
Population collapse.
All of those risks and more would deserve all of our resources and attention.
We’re probably best off staying as wealthy as possible and elevating our science and engineering skills to meet all challenges.
