The precipice : existential risk and the future of humanity
(2020)
By:
Ord, Toby, 1979-
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
303.4909/ORD,T
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Hachette Books, [2020]
DESCRIPTION
x, 468 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780316484916, 0316484911 :, 0316484911, 9780316484916
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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"--