https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1709.01149/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21499538urn:hackerpapers:submission:1709.01149:21499538Sun, 10 Nov 2019 19:05:24 GMT<p>Biotechnology and the lifetime of technical civilizations (2017)</p><p></p><p>3 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1709.01149/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>physics.pop-phhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18093072urn:hackerpapers:mention:1709.01149:18093072Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:22:12 GMT<p>Here is John Sotos paper &quot;Biotechnology and the lifetime of technical civilizations&quot; where he looks at the ramifications of a society where any resourceful person will have access to biotechnology capable of killing millions and setting back civilization. https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.01149</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1709.01149/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.pop-phhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16163201urn:hackerpapers:mention:1709.01149:16163201Tue, 16 Jan 2018 22:10:31 GMT<p>Ooh, I am currently reading a recent paper of his: Biotechnology and the lifetime of technical civilizations https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.01149</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1709.01149/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.pop-phhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15189883urn:hackerpapers:submission:1709.01149:15189883Thu, 07 Sep 2017 07:57:30 GMT<p>Biotechnology will doom us all – soon</p><p></p><p>1 point; 1 discussion reply on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1709.01149/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>physics.pop-ph