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How I think about catastrophic biological risk (part I): risk breakdown by type of response

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This series of posts outlines how I think about the most extreme types of risks. My goal here is to share my worldview in a straightforward and compressed form rather than trying to persuade a skeptical audience, although I do share some of my reasoning.

Our mission is to protect humanity against biological catastrophes, including those that could lead to human extinction or cause similarly bad outcomes. This series of posts outlines how I think about these most extreme types of risks. My goal here is to share my worldview in a straightforward and compressed form rather than trying to persuade a skeptical audience, although I do share some of my reasoning. Part I describes my views on the sources of risk and what that implies for how to prioritize response to a biological catastrophe. Part II , describes sources of risk and what that implies f

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