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Exponential Change

The deep integration of computational technology in every area of human endeavor has caused a knowledge explosion. We are creating more new, objectively true scientific knowledge faster than ever before in human experience of history.

New knowledge is a good thing, but it means we sometimes introduce powerful non-linear technologies before we understand unanticipated emergent effects

nonlinear technologies pose existential risks upon widespread adoption or as a result of unforeseen interaction(s) with existing or future nonlinear tech.


For example, we learned that genetic information was stored in an aperiodic crystal, sequenced the genome and developed gene editing technology within a few decades.

Exponential technologies like CRISPR have non linear properties. IE An tiny input by one individual, or a single experiment could alter the destiny of a species, or render it extinct.



Any determined individual could extinguish all life on Earth. Danger is not confined to CRISPR all new non linear technologies potentially interact in unforeseeable ways.

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