Global Catastrophic Risks

* Book: Global Catastrophic Risks. By Nick Bostrom and Milan M. Ćirković. Oxford University Press, 2015

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"The book is a collection of essays from 26 academics written about various global catastrophic and existential risks."

Description

From the Wikipedia:

"The risks covered by the book include both anthropogenic (man made) risks and non-anthropogenic risks.

• Anthropogenic: artificial general intelligence, biological warfare, nuclear warfare, nanotechnology, anthropogenic climate change, global warming, stable global totalitarianism

• Non-anthropogenic: asteroid impacts, gamma-ray bursts

The book also addresses overarching issues such as policy responses and methods for predicting and managing catastrophes."

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Catastrophic_Risks_(book))