Existential Risk Centralization Mechanism

An Existential Risk Centralization Mechanism is a power centralization mechanism that drives demand for centralized global governance through appeals to catastrophic or extinction-level threats.

• AKA: X-Risk Centralization Process, Catastrophic Risk Power Concentration, Extinction Risk Governance Mechanism, Global Threat Centralization Driver.
• Context:
  • It can typically exploit Cognitive Biases such as availability heuristic and dread risk.
  • It can often bypass Democratic Deliberation Processes through emergency rhetoric.
  • It can typically justify Surveillance Infrastructure Expansion via safety imperatives.
  • It can often create Technocratic Elite Entrenchment through expertise monopoly.
  • It can range from being a Climate Existential Risk Centralization Mechanism to being an AI Existential Risk Centralization Mechanism, depending on its threat domain.
  • It can range from being a Soft Existential Risk Centralization Mechanism to being a Hard Existential Risk Centralization Mechanism, depending on its coercion level.
  • It can range from being a Temporary Existential Risk Centralization Mechanism to being a Permanent Existential Risk Centralization Mechanism, depending on its institutional duration.
  • It can range from being a National Existential Risk Centralization Mechanism to being a Global Existential Risk Centralization Mechanism, depending on its governance scope.
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• Examples:
  • Historical Existential Risk Centralization Mechanisms, such as:
    • Cold War Nuclear Centralization for MAD doctrine.
    • War on Terror Centralization for security state expansion.
  • Contemporary Existential Risk Centralization Mechanisms, such as:
    • Pandemic Response Centralization for health surveillance.
    • Climate Emergency Centralization for carbon control.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Polycentric Risk Mitigation Framework, which maintains distributed authority.
  • Bottom-Up Risk Response, which emphasizes local adaptation.
  • Market-Based Risk Solution, which uses price mechanisms.
• See: Safety-Justified Technocratic Regime, Fear Rhetoric Takeover Vector, Technocratic Antichrist, State Centralization Stagnation Process, Cambridge Centre for Existential Risk, Nick Bostrom, Global Catastrophic Risk.

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