Moving a population off Earth leaves it exposed to failures of the critical systems it still shares with Earth.

Evidence 2 passages

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  Having substantial infrastructure for self-sustaining colonies off of earth breaks the hold of our gravity well and means that some sources of existential risk are no longer large enough to kill humanity.

• backsUntitled source

  But unfortunately, this argument only applies to risks that are statistically independent. risks, such as disease, war, tyranny, and permanently locking in bad values, are correlated across different planets. If they affect one, they are somewhat more likely to affect the others too. A few risks, such as unaligned AGI and vacuum collapse, are almost completely correlated.

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