Representing existential risks. A lost opportunity to grab the Reachable Universe (edit: /expand through the cosmos). (at least, that’s my interpretation)
This would be much stronger if there weren’t a surviving human figure (who can somehow afford to feed a horse, no less!) in the scene. I’m not sure this is what extinction risk looks like at all
Existential risk – One where an adverse outcome would either annihilate Earth-originating intelligent life or permanently and drastically curtail its potential.
Not all existential risks are extinction risks- if a disaster can destroy humanity’s potential, even without killing every single human, then it would still be an existential risk, which would fit the image
Neat! This page has more works by the same artist.
Representing existential risks. A lost opportunity to grab the Reachable Universe (edit: /expand through the cosmos). (at least, that’s my interpretation)
This would be much stronger if there weren’t a surviving human figure (who can somehow afford to feed a horse, no less!) in the scene. I’m not sure this is what extinction risk looks like at all
I didn’t say extinction risk.
source: https://www.nickbostrom.com/existential/risks.html
It doesn’t look like a permanent curtailment if humans are still living and the artifacts of the magic of old are still there to inspire them.
Not all existential risks are extinction risks- if a disaster can destroy humanity’s potential, even without killing every single human, then it would still be an existential risk, which would fit the image