Priority ranking
Understanding
Related to Readings and resources database (Cause Area)
to investigate
Resources to check out
Nuclear security → 80,000 Hours Problem Profile ~ 10 min
Also, see Learn More section for more resources
On the creation of nuclear doomsday machines → 80,000 Hours Podcast ~ 2 hour
How many people would be killed as a direct result of a US-Russia nuclear exchange? → Forum Post ~ 50 min
A detailed estimate of the fatality count of a nuclear war between the US and Russia. The estimate is modelled on guestimate and the forum post goes into a lot of detail about the method.
Recommended Reading: Check out EA Norway's Nuclear Security Cause Area Guide for an overview of biological risks and links to further readings.
Notes
Cause Prioritization considerations
- What causes is this cause more important than?
- What causes could be more important that this?
- How does this interact with other causes?