Granted, but is it a core aspect of the site? Is it something your users need to know, to know what Less Wrong is about?
Beyond that, does it signal the right things about Less Wrong? (What kinds of groups are worried about existential threats? Would you consider worrying about existential threats, in the general case rather than this specific case, to be a sign of a healthy or unhealthy community?)
When it comes to existential threats, humanity has already cried wolf too many times.
Most of the time the explanation of the threat was completely stupid, but nonetheless, most people are already inoculated against this kind of message in general.
Granted, but is it a core aspect of the site? Is it something your users need to know, to know what Less Wrong is about?
Beyond that, does it signal the right things about Less Wrong? (What kinds of groups are worried about existential threats? Would you consider worrying about existential threats, in the general case rather than this specific case, to be a sign of a healthy or unhealthy community?)
When it comes to existential threats, humanity has already cried wolf too many times.
Most of the time the explanation of the threat was completely stupid, but nonetheless, most people are already inoculated against this kind of message in general.