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
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