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In my previous post, I made the case that surviving until AGI seems very worthwhile, and that people should consider taking actions to make that more likely. This post goes into what the most low-hanging fruit are for surviving until AGI. I’ll assume that AGI is less than 20 years away. I’ll rank the various interventions by how many micromorts they reduce (1 micromort = 1 in a million chance of dying). The optimal strategy varies a bit based on how old one is because the older you get, the more of your micromorts are chronic rather than acute. If you’re a young person, by far the easiest way to reduce your risk of dying in the next 20 years is to never take hard drugs. Using heroin costs around 30 micromorts per trip, using MDMA costs around 13 micromorts per trip[1], and a daily use of heroin has a mortality rate of around 2% annually (which is 20 thousand micromorts). Trying any hard drug is probably a very bad idea, as it runs the risk of turning into a very dangerous addiction. Th

x How to survive until AGI — LessWrong Practical AI Frontpage 28 How to survive until AGI by Nikola Jurkovic 5th Nov 2025 Linkpost for nikolajurkovic.substack.com 3 min read 3 28 In my previous post , I made the case that surviving until AGI seems very worthwhile, and that people should consider taking actions to make that more likely. This post goes into what the most low-hanging fruit are for surviving until AGI. I’ll assume that AGI is less than 20 years away. I’ll rank the various interventions by how many micromorts they reduce (1 micromort = 1 in a million chance of dying). The optimal s

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