Morality, Foresight, and Human Flourishing: An Introduction to Existential Risks

Morality, Foresight, and Human Flourishing: An Introduction to Existential Risks image
ISBN-10:

1634311426

ISBN-13:

9781634311427

Author(s): Torres, Phil
Released: Oct 01, 2017
Format: Paperback, 328 pages
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Description:

Existential risk studies is a growing field that attempts to understand the greatest dangers to humanity from a scientific perspective. This book offers the most comprehensive scholarly survey of existential risks to date, from asteroid impacts and climate change to molecular nanotechnology and machine superintelligence. It argues that avoiding an existential catastrophe should be among our highest priorities and explores a number of high-level strategies for reducing the probability of a worst-case outcome. The dangers facing humanity this century are real and unprecedented, but the future course of civilization is not beyond our control.












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