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Apr 19Liked by Michael Magoon

Thank you for reminding us that progress was/is not inevitable. This is something that should that we should consider each and every day.

I recently read a great piece discussing the existential risk “Kuznets curve.” It advocates that it is in our long-term interest to accelerate economic growth and progress in the short term because it reduces the risk of civilizational collapse in the long term.

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> I believe that the extinction of our species is almost a foregone conclusion

What are you talking about?

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I do not mean that we will kill ourselves. Most likely our extinction will come from something like a gamma ray burst or an asteroid impact.

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Not if we colonize enough planets first.

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Apr 19Liked by Michael Magoon

I think he means that, on a long enough timeline, the survival rate of everything falls to zero.

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Yep

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