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by maroonblazer 2579 days ago
Agree. And to take it even further, consider Bostrom's "Vulnerable World Hypothesis" where technology could arise that makes it trivial for individual actors to cause mass destruction. From the abstract:

"A general ability to stabilize a vulnerable world would require greatly amplified capacities for preventive policing and global governance."

https://nickbostrom.com/papers/vulnerable.pdf