Elisabeth Braw
These days, we’re all worried about various crises, from a collapsing climate to the fear of an emergent Skynet. In the United States, tech billionaires have concluded that building bunkers and saving themselves is the way to go. In Norway, by contrast, the government is encouraging people to make “preparedness friends.” Would you rather face war, climate disaster, intelligent robots in an underground fortress, or be supported by fellow human beings? Plan accordingly.
The United States has a long tradition of doomsday preppers, usually right-wingers who believe the apocalypse is around the corner and that only those with a sufficient supply of guns, gold, and canned food will survive. During the Cold War, the fear was of nuclear war. Today, many American billionaires have convinced themselves that artificial general intelligence (AGI) is around the corner and that humanity might not survive.
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