On the 25th of February, Sebastian Farquhar spoke at the Cabinet Office on Effective Altruism and Policy. It led to a thought-provoking discussion.
The slides are made available here for those with an interest. Please feel free to get in touch or comment below if you have any thoughts.
I am very pleased that you managed to arranged such an auspicious briefing, congratulations.
I remain interested in sharing ideas eventually, but I need a home institution before I can get much done.
Briefly, though, my analysis is that risky biotechnology research makes a European-Wide Biosurveillance system and an assortment of other biodefense countermeasures cost-effective.
Consider advocating for those over liability laws. Biosecurity is a greater challenge than biosafety.
Best wishes.