TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ord,Toby
TI  - The precipice: existential risk and the future of humanity 
SN  - 9780316484923 (trade paperback)
AV  - HM 901 O65p 2020
U1  - 303.4909/05 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - Hachette Books
KW  - Social prediction
KW  - Predicciones sociales
KW  - Social ecology
KW  - Ecologia social
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - Ecología humana
KW  - World politics
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Forecasting
KW  - Política mundial
KW  - Pronósticos
KW  - Social Environment
KW  - Prévision sociale
KW  - Écologie sociale
KW  - Écologie humaine
KW  - Politique mondiale
KW  - 21e siècle
KW  - Prévision
KW  - human ecology
KW  - aat
KW  - fast
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -