Armageddon
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Trump may kill us all even without nuclear war
Ships stuck because of the Strait of Hormuz blockage are breeding grounds for biological disaster.
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The increasing risk of nuclear war
What’s wrong with this analysis, if anything?
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A few things: (1) It may be worth noting, chiefly for the benefit of those impressed by the idea that…
David Berman was my PhD supervisor in the late 1970s and early 1980s for my research on the philosophy of…
Let me have a go at the “normie” case for worrying about catastrophic if perhaps not quite existential risks, avoiding…
Hey Brian, I happen to have worked on exactly this question recently, and the debate is richer and more interesting…
Somewhat uncharacteristically, I don’t think I have the energy for a knock-down-drag-out fight on this subject, even though I find…
Hi Luis, This is a good idea for an experiment—it’s nice test of the substantial structure that I build into…
Ships stuck because of the Strait of Hormuz blockage are breeding grounds for biological disaster.
What’s wrong with this analysis, if anything?
I don’t disagree with David Wallace, the things he says are to my mind obviously true. But I have a…