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There is a broad range of possible human extinction events, e.g. asteroid impact, large-scale volcanism, viral epidemic, nuclear annihilation, biological warfare, ecological collapse, and autonomous robots [1].

Humans actively monitor and defend against each threat. In the U.S., NASA is committed to detecting asteroids, and recently successfully altered the course of one [2].

I believe we are most powerful to overcome extinction events as a united species on the planet we’ve evolved to live on over billions of years.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_extinction

[2] https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/2022/9/22/the-science-behi...



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