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How Scientists Confronted Existential Risk Once Before
Original: ‘I Write This to Frighten You’: How Scientists Took On Existential Risk Once Before
The New York Times revisits an earlier moment when scientists warned the public about existential risk, framed around the line 'I write this to frighten you.' The piece examines how researchers once mobilized against threats to humanity, a narrative resonating amid current debates over nuclear dangers and other global catastrophic risks.
Why now: Renewed public concern over existential threats like nuclear war makes historical scientist-led warnings newly relevant.
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- ‘I Write This to Frighten You’: How Scientists Took On Existential Risk Once Before · The New York Times
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