Defenses in Depth

Could humanity survive a total loss of agriculture?

I evaluate whether non-agricultural food technologies could be scaled up fast enough to feed humanity if there was an extreme attack on the crop production.

The Four Pillars: A Hypothesis for Countering Catastrophic Biological Risk

Biological risks are more severe than has been widely appreciated. Here we outline a hypothesis for ‘four pillars’ of biodefense that should work against even the most sophisticated engineered pathogens or ‘unknown unknowns’.