Our work in 2022 has taken an unexpected turn. We began the year focused on a series of research projects. Then, in late February, Russia invaded Ukraine, creating a historic nuclear crisis. This began a series of events that put global catastrophic risk into the news. The northern summer saw major extreme weather events in many locations, thrusting climate change to the forefront. Most recently, the dramatic collapse of the cryptocurrency company FTX brought a different sort of news coverage. The philanthropic arm of FTX …