Bioterrorism is potentially more dangerous than nuclear weapons because nuclear weapons are difficult to develop (few countries have them) while bioterrorism is cheaper, easier, and harder to control—making biological weapons a more likely asymmetric threat from actors with ill intent.

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Nathan Mervold

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bioterrorism is potentially worse than that because it's potentially much cheaper and much easier and uh it's also much harder to control...I think we'll see a bioterrorism event someday

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A Technologist's Guide to the Future | Nathan Myhrvold | Knowledge Project PodcastThe Knowledge Project Podcast
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:20:41 PM

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