Religious doomsday cults are a kind of standard meme and a lot of the standard theory says that start of armageddon is unpredictable. Beyond the Reach of God was more about a particular “pilloweon” belief Elizer actual had. I don’t need to know X-risk by that name to be a doomsayer.
Doomsday cults believe that humanity will be extinguished because of reasons that are often about failures of humans.
That’s quite different than the belief that there’s nobody out there that cares whether or not humanity will survive. Doomsday cults are usually not engaging in effective x-risk mitigation.
Doomsday cults often intend to capitalise on the upheaval event or atleast try be less screwed than other people when shit hits the fan. In that sense they are trying to be effective inregards to it.
Doomsdayers and pilloweoners both are resolved whether the doom will come or not so effecting makes less sense. However I have seen opinions like “We should delegalize gay marriage in order to reduce hurricanes”. While this posits an outside humanity force that cares, doom is plausible and effectable. So a god that is allowed to be wrathful doesn’t neccesarily pillow humanity.
Doomsday cults often intend to capitalise on the upheaval event or atleast try be less screwed than other people when shit hits the fan. In that sense they are trying to be effective inregards to it.
That’s different than taking effective action to prevent the event. Taking effective action requires approaching x-risks with a mindset that assumes a lot of uncertainty which is different than doomsday cults which by their nature don’t open themselves up for uncertainty.
Religious doomsday cults are a kind of standard meme and a lot of the standard theory says that start of armageddon is unpredictable. Beyond the Reach of God was more about a particular “pilloweon” belief Elizer actual had. I don’t need to know X-risk by that name to be a doomsayer.
Doomsday cults believe that humanity will be extinguished because of reasons that are often about failures of humans.
That’s quite different than the belief that there’s nobody out there that cares whether or not humanity will survive. Doomsday cults are usually not engaging in effective x-risk mitigation.
Doomsday cults often intend to capitalise on the upheaval event or atleast try be less screwed than other people when shit hits the fan. In that sense they are trying to be effective inregards to it.
Doomsdayers and pilloweoners both are resolved whether the doom will come or not so effecting makes less sense. However I have seen opinions like “We should delegalize gay marriage in order to reduce hurricanes”. While this posits an outside humanity force that cares, doom is plausible and effectable. So a god that is allowed to be wrathful doesn’t neccesarily pillow humanity.
That’s different than taking effective action to prevent the event. Taking effective action requires approaching x-risks with a mindset that assumes a lot of uncertainty which is different than doomsday cults which by their nature don’t open themselves up for uncertainty.