"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
"...one day, not long from now, DeepMind develops an uber-Novichok, and an influenza-variola...
So we better upload and become effectively immune to such threats. Or at least assassinate all billionaires and Govt / Cult leaders that toy with such things - Pooter, Jinping, Biden, Thiel, etc
"...the problem with technology is that it advances while humanity stagnates. inevitably will lead to calamity! (USA humans invest more in killing than teaching, as one example.)
The ' American Century ' is already over - the humanitarian century is just beginning.