To really screw up the planet, you might need something like the following.
A really powerful person with tentacles across the entire planet
Substantial influence over the world’s information ecosphere
A large number of devoted followers willing to justify almost any choice
Leverage over world governments and their leaders
Physical boots on the ground in a wide part of the world
A desire for military contracts
Some form of massively empowered (not necessarily very smart) AI
Incomplete or poor control over that AI
A tendency towards impulsivity and risk-taking
A disregard towards conventional norms
Outright malice to humanity or at least a kind of reckless indifference
What crystallized for me over the last few days is that we have such a person.
Elon Musk.
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