LeCun amplifies: Anxious intellectuals fueled GMO and nuclear power panics, at deadly cost
ylecun · x · 2026-09-15
Yann LeCun retweeted Pessimists Archive's argument that anxious intellectuals played a major role in the GMO panic and the nuclear power panic, with resulting global irrational opposition leading to avoidable malnutrition, deaths, and pollution. The thread implies today's tech panics may follow the same pattern, with elite anxiety imposing needless costs on society.
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