03762cam a22006255i 4500 21322599 BJBSDDR 20260507114354.0 ta 191206s2020 nyuab b 001 0 eng d 2019956459 9780316484923 (trade paperback) 031648492X (trade paperback) 9780316484893 (ebook) 21322599 (OCoLC)1148140169 Hachette Books, 53 State st 9th Fl, Boston, MA, USA, 02109, (617)2270730 SAN 200-2205 JBL eng JBL rda OCLCO JQW UAB OCLCF INR NZASJ BDP TOH YDX GZN IXA WAU H4N OCLCQ OCLCO DLC eng lccopycat HM 901 O65p 2020 303.4909/05 Ord, Toby, 1979- 47061 The precipice : existential risk and the future of humanity / Toby Ord. New York : Hachette Books, 2020. x, 468 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-460) and index. Part one: the stakes. Introduction -- Standing at the precipice. How we got here -- Where we might go -- The precipice -- Existential risk. 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 -- Part two: the risks. Natural risks. Asteroids & comets -- Supervolcanic eruptions -- Stellar explosions -- Other natural risks -- The total natural risk -- Anthropogenic risks. Nuclear weapons -- Climate change -- Environmental damage -- Future risks. Pandemics -- Unaligned artificial intelligence -- Dystopian scenarios -- Other risks -- Part three: the path forward. The risk landscape. Quantifying the risks -- Combining and comparing risks -- Risk factors -- Which risks? -- Safeguarding humanity. Grand strategy for humanity -- Risks without precedent -- International coordination -- Technological progress -- Research on existential risk -- What you can do -- Our potential. Duration -- Scale -- Quality -- Choices. "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 Social prediction. Predicciones sociales 3037 Social ecology. Ecologia social 25280 Human ecology. Ecología humana 6137 World politics 21st century Forecasting. Política mundial Pronósticos 3479 Social Environment Prévision sociale. Écologie sociale. Écologie humaine. Politique mondiale 21e siècle Prévision. human ecology. aat Human ecology. fast (OCoLC)fst00962941 Social ecology. fast (OCoLC)fst01122434 Social prediction. fast (OCoLC)fst01122769 World politics Forecasting. fast (OCoLC)fst01181389 0 ibc copycat 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 126422 126422 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2026-02-18 0 HM 901 O65p 2020 00000198732 2026-02-18 16:32:00 1 2026-02-18 BK