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by pure-awesome 2818 days ago
I assume you are specifically referring to the Great Filter, yes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter
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Here is John Sotos paper "Biotechnology and the lifetime of technical civilizations" where he looks at the ramifications of a society where any resourceful person will have access to biotechnology capable of killing millions and setting back civilization.

https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.01149