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by drclau 1696 days ago
> Mankind does not have an energy generation problem.

No, humankind does not have an energy generation problem. The problem is the side effects of the methods used to generate the energy.

The existential risk is very real, but because it’s still far in the future, only very few people perceive it as such.

Covid is a great example of how incapable humans are to perceive dangers that are far in space and/or time.