The precipice Existential risk and the future of humanity
Book - 2020
"Drawing on over a decade of research, ... [the author] explores the cutting-edge science behind the risks we face. It puts them in the context of the greater story of humanity: showing how ending these risks is among the most pressing moral issues of our time. And it points the way forward, to the actions and strategies that can safeguard humanity"--
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- Published
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New York :
Hachette Books
[2020]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- x, 468 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-460) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780316484916
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Part 1. The Stakes
- Introduction
- 1. Standing at the Precipice
- How We Got Here
- Where We Might Go
- The Precipice
- 2. Existential Risk
- Understanding Existential Risk
- Looking to the Present
- Looking to Our Future
- Looking to Our Past
- Civilizational Virtues
- Cosmic Significance
- Uncertainty
- Our Neglect of Existential Risks
- Part 2. The Risks
- 3. Natural Risks
- Asteroids & Comets
- Supervolcanic Eruptions
- Stellar Explosions
- Other Natural Risks
- The Total Natural Risk
- 4. Anthropogenic Risks
- Nuclear Weapons
- Climate Change
- Environmental Damage
- 5. Future Risks
- Pandemics
- Unaligned Artificial Intelligence
- Dystopian Scenarios
- Other Risks
- Part 3. The Path Forward
- 6. The Risk Landscape
- Quantifying the Risks
- Combining and Comparing Risks
- Risk Factors
- Which Risks?
- 7. Safeguarding Humanity
- Grand Strategy for Humanity
- Risks Without Precedent
- International Coordination
- Technological Progress
- Research on Existential Risk
- What You Can Do
- 8. Our Potential
- Duration
- Scale
- Quality
- Choices
- Resources
- Acknowledgments
- Appendices
- Further Reading
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index