The Precipice : : Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
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Standing at the precipice -- Existential risk -- Natural risks -- Anthropogenic risks -- Future risks -- The risk landscape -- Safeguarding humanity -- Our potential.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Hachette Books, [2020]
Year Published: 2020
Description: x, 468 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780316484916
0316484911
SUBJECTS
Social prediction.
Social ecology.
Human ecology.
World politics -- 21st century -- Forecasting.