Ask HN: What's the greatest existential threat to humanity?

2 pointsby guscost7 anni fa2 comments

I'd guess "asteroids" because it's a common extinction-causing event in geological history.

Popular answers: Climate change, AI singularity, nuclear war, other environmental catastrophe.

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7thaccount7 anni fa

So much of our technology is built up on many layers and nobody knows how anything works anymore.

bradknowles7 anni fa

The answer is “humanity”.

We are our own worst enemy.

Greed uber alles.

JeremySecond7 anni fa