Biological War: A Critical Risk

George F. Will’s column on July 30, titled ‘Biological War’ is a Disturbing Summons to Seriousness, provides a thorough review of Annie Jacobsen’s work, Biological War: A Scenario. Will examines an existential risk with the gravity it deserves, steering clear of the media’s tendency for dramatic effects.

The key point in the discussion underscores a significant concern. Over 25 years of advancements in laboratories have substantially lowered the threshold for potential catastrophic events. It now becomes alarmingly simple to consider how an accident or a rogue individual might drive humanity toward irreversible decline.