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Mitigating Unknown Unknowns
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While there will be unpredictable developments in the next 50-100 years, progress can still be made in mitigating risks, such as political coordination and horizon scanning by research institutes. However, this is often neglected due to bias against investing in what is not yet known, leading to potentially catastrophic consequences such as the ability to build pathogens that could kill billions.
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