Remarks on the Vulnerable World Hypothesis Nick Bostrom
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Victor Christianto*
Bio-Science Research Bulletin
Volume 38, Number 2
July-December 2022: P.72-80
DOI: 10.5958/2320-3161.2022.00010.4
Original Research Article
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Remarks on the Vulnerable World Hypothesis Nick Bostrom
Victor Christianto*
Author’s Affiliation:
Malang Institute of Agriculture (IPM), Malang, Indonesia
*Corresponding Author:
Victor Christianto
Malang Institute of Agriculture (IPM), Malang, Indonesia
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How to cite this article: Christianto V. (2022). Remarks on the Vulnerable World Hypothesis of Nick Bostrom. Bio-Science Research Bulletin, 38(2), 72-80
Received on 20.06.2022
Revised on 20.08.2022
Accepted on 31.10.2022
Published on 15.12.2022
Abstract
In the past few decades, there is trend of increasing number of new inventions and technologies being introduced to the world. While conventionally, all new technologies are considered as an indicator of human progress, but as Nick Bostrom argues, actually we may think of new inventions as picking balls from an urn. We can find: white balls (good inventions to benefit of mankind), grey balls (inventions which bring some good but also some harms to mankind), and black balls (inventions which may bring the world population into extinction). In this short review, while we agree with Bostrom’s arguments, we don’t agree on his recipe to create a global surveillance. We discuss a few examples other than what Bostrom points out.
KEYWORDS: Vulnerable World Hypothesis, Nick Bostrom, Inventions, World’s Future
