Matthew 24
38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;
39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away.
That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
A very small portion of the people survived the flood. And those who survived had to build an ark. If you're preparing like most other people are preparing - by doing nothing, then I'm thinking you are in trouble.
[11-Aug-2022] Did Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip Close the Thucydides Trap? | The National Interest
Did Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip Close the Thucydides Trap?
[10-Aug-2022] America Must Prepare for a War Over Taiwan | Foreign Affairs
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[1-Aug-2022] Nuclear annihilation just one miscalculation away, UN chief warns - BBC News
Nuclear annihilation just one miscalculation away, UN chief warns
[31-Jul-2022] Nuclear Risks: Russia’s Ukraine War Could End in Disaster | The National Interest
Nuclear Risks: Russia’s Ukraine War Could End in Disaster
The following article says societies face potential oblivion unless the experts who got us here manage to walk a tightrope in order to get us out. What are the odds of that happening?
Societies Face “Potential Oblivion”
The Beginning of History - Surviving the Era of Catastrophic Risk
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Below are some short excerpts from the article:
“From climate change to nuclear war, engineered pandemics, uncontrolled artificial intelligence, and other destructive technologies not yet foreseen, a worrying number of risks conspire to threaten the end of humanity,” the philosopher William MacAskill writes in a new essay. As societies face “potential oblivion,” what steps must governments take to ensure humanity has a future—and to make it a future worth having?
Meeting the challenge “will take daring and imagination,” MacAskill argues. “Enormous economic, social, and political transformations remain possible—and necessary. If we act wisely, the coming century will be defined by the recognition of what we owe the future, and our grandchildren’s grandchildren will look back at us with gratitude and pride. If we mess up, they might never see the light of day.”
"The prospect of a timeless future has given way to visions of no future at all. Ideology remains a fault line in geopolitics, market globalization is fragmenting, and great-power conflict has become increasingly likely."
"Chief among those challenges is how humanity manages the dangers of its own genius. Advances in weaponry, biology, and computing could spell the end of the species, either through deliberate misuse or a large-scale accident. Societies face risks whose sheer scale could paralyze any concerted action."
"Far from a safe resting place, the technological and institutional status quo is a precarious predicament from which societies need to escape."
"In contrast to Fukuyama’s “end of history,” other observers of international affairs have focused on the more literal meaning of the phrase: the potential for humanity to perish altogether."
"A recent report by the U.S. National Intelligence Council identified runaway artificial intelligence, engineered pandemics, and nanotechnology weapons, in addition to nuclear war, as sources of existential risks."
"If it is so difficult to safely govern emerging technologies, some argue, then why don’t we simply refrain from inventing them in the first place?"
"The status quo, in other words, is already heavily mined with potential catastrophes."
"So we must walk a tightrope. We must ensure that global cooperation reduces the risks of global catastrophe to near zero while maintaining the freedom and diversity of thought and social structures that would enable us to build a future that our grandchildren’s grandchildren would thank us for."
More reading:
1.Heads in the Sand - Why We Fail to Foresee and Contain Catastrophe
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2. A Better Crystal Ball - The Right Way to Think About the Future
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3.Chronicle of a Pandemic Foretold - Learning From the COVID-19 Failure—Before the Next Outbreak Arrives
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4.The Return of Doomsday - The New Nuclear Arms Race—and How Washington and Moscow Can Stop It
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5.As the World Burns - Climate Change’s Dangerous Next Phase
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38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;
39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away.
That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
A very small portion of the people survived the flood. And those who survived had to build an ark. If you're preparing like most other people are preparing - by doing nothing, then I'm thinking you are in trouble.
[11-Aug-2022] Did Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip Close the Thucydides Trap? | The National Interest
Did Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip Close the Thucydides Trap?
[10-Aug-2022] America Must Prepare for a War Over Taiwan | Foreign Affairs
archive.ph
[1-Aug-2022] Nuclear annihilation just one miscalculation away, UN chief warns - BBC News
Nuclear annihilation just one miscalculation away, UN chief warns
[31-Jul-2022] Nuclear Risks: Russia’s Ukraine War Could End in Disaster | The National Interest
Nuclear Risks: Russia’s Ukraine War Could End in Disaster
The following article says societies face potential oblivion unless the experts who got us here manage to walk a tightrope in order to get us out. What are the odds of that happening?
Societies Face “Potential Oblivion”
The Beginning of History - Surviving the Era of Catastrophic Risk
archive.ph
Below are some short excerpts from the article:
“From climate change to nuclear war, engineered pandemics, uncontrolled artificial intelligence, and other destructive technologies not yet foreseen, a worrying number of risks conspire to threaten the end of humanity,” the philosopher William MacAskill writes in a new essay. As societies face “potential oblivion,” what steps must governments take to ensure humanity has a future—and to make it a future worth having?
Meeting the challenge “will take daring and imagination,” MacAskill argues. “Enormous economic, social, and political transformations remain possible—and necessary. If we act wisely, the coming century will be defined by the recognition of what we owe the future, and our grandchildren’s grandchildren will look back at us with gratitude and pride. If we mess up, they might never see the light of day.”
"The prospect of a timeless future has given way to visions of no future at all. Ideology remains a fault line in geopolitics, market globalization is fragmenting, and great-power conflict has become increasingly likely."
"Chief among those challenges is how humanity manages the dangers of its own genius. Advances in weaponry, biology, and computing could spell the end of the species, either through deliberate misuse or a large-scale accident. Societies face risks whose sheer scale could paralyze any concerted action."
"Far from a safe resting place, the technological and institutional status quo is a precarious predicament from which societies need to escape."
"In contrast to Fukuyama’s “end of history,” other observers of international affairs have focused on the more literal meaning of the phrase: the potential for humanity to perish altogether."
"A recent report by the U.S. National Intelligence Council identified runaway artificial intelligence, engineered pandemics, and nanotechnology weapons, in addition to nuclear war, as sources of existential risks."
"If it is so difficult to safely govern emerging technologies, some argue, then why don’t we simply refrain from inventing them in the first place?"
"The status quo, in other words, is already heavily mined with potential catastrophes."
"So we must walk a tightrope. We must ensure that global cooperation reduces the risks of global catastrophe to near zero while maintaining the freedom and diversity of thought and social structures that would enable us to build a future that our grandchildren’s grandchildren would thank us for."
More reading:
1.Heads in the Sand - Why We Fail to Foresee and Contain Catastrophe
archive.ph
2. A Better Crystal Ball - The Right Way to Think About the Future
archive.ph
3.Chronicle of a Pandemic Foretold - Learning From the COVID-19 Failure—Before the Next Outbreak Arrives
archive.ph
4.The Return of Doomsday - The New Nuclear Arms Race—and How Washington and Moscow Can Stop It
archive.ph
5.As the World Burns - Climate Change’s Dangerous Next Phase
archive.ph
