humanity

3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 11, 2018 by William MacAskill · across every show →

Everything said about humanity, oldest first

Jul 11, 2018 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
MacAskill: 21st-century human activity could cause civilizational collapse or extinction
“There's very, very many ways in which the activities that we, that humanity will likely do over the 21st century could lead to global catastrophe, civilizational collapse, or even extinction.”
William MacAskill Jul 11, 2018 ▶ 1:04:44 #36 William MacAskill: The Science of Doing Good
Mar 23, 2021 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ridley: Humanity will win battles against most pathogens through ingenuity
“Yes, I think on the whole, we will win our battles against most pathogens, because we have so much possibility of ingenuity now, of human ingenuity to help us defeat them.”
Matt Ridley Mar 23, 2021 ▶ 4:50 #107 Matt Ridley: Infinite Innovation
Nov 15, 2022 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
The next generation of humans will definitively achieve biological immortality
“Hey, the future's fantastic, and we'll probably become immortal relatively soon, and all these kind of things and maybe not us, but our children definitely will.”
Tobi Lütke Nov 15, 2022 ▶ 2:37:00 Tobi Lütke: Calm Progress
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