Ord, Toby,  1979- <br/><br/>
The precipice :  existential risk and the future of humanity / 
Toby Ord. 
 - New York :  Bloomsbury Publishing,  [2020] 
 - x, 468 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-460) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction --  How we got here --  Where we might go --  The precipice --  Understanding existential risk --  Looking to the present --  Looking to our future --  Looking to our past --  Civilization virtues --  Cosmic significance --  Uncertainty --  Our neglect of existential risks --  Asteroids & comets --  Supervolcanic eruptions --  Stellar explosions --  Other natural risks --  The total natural risk --  Nuclear weapons --  Climate change --  Environmental damage --  Pandemics --  Unaligned artificial intelligence --  Dystopian scenarios --  Other risks --  Quantifying the risks --  Combining and comparing risks --  Risk factors --  Which risks? --  Grand strategy for humanity --  Risks without precedent --  International coordination --  Technological progress --  Research on existential risk --  What you can do --  Duration --  Scale --  Quality --  Choices.  Part one: the stakes.  Standing at the precipice.  Existential risk.  Part two: the risks.  Natural risks.  Anthropogenic risks.  Future risks.  Part three: the path forward.  The risk landscape.  Safeguarding humanity.  Our potential. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781526600196 9781526600226 9781526600219 031648492X 9780316484893 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Hachette Books, 53 State st 9th Fl, Boston, MA, USA, 02109, (617)2270730  SAN 200-2205 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019956459 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>2000-2099 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social prediction.<br/>Social ecology.<br/>Human ecology.<br/>World politics--Forecasting.--21st century<br/>Social Environment<br/>Prévision sociale.<br/>Écologie sociale.<br/>Écologie humaine.<br/>Politique mondiale--Prévision.--21e siècle<br/>human ecology.<br/>Human ecology.<br/>Social ecology.<br/>Social prediction.<br/>World politics--Forecasting.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM901  / .O73 2020 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.4909/05  / O65