The Precipice : 'A book that seems made for the present moment' New Yorker

Name: The Precipice : 'A book that seems made for the present moment' New Yorker
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Author: Toby Ord
ISBN: 9781526600233

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Oxford moral philosopher Toby Ord explores the risks to humanity's future, from the familiar man-made threats of climate change and nuclear war, to the potentially greater, more unfamiliar threats from engineered pandemics and advanced artificial intelligence. With clear and rigorous thinking, Ord calculates the various risk levels, and shows how our own time fits within the larger story of human history. We can say with certainty that the novel coronavirus does not pose such a risk.
But could the next pandemic? And what can we do, in our present moment, to face the risks head on?A major work that brings together the disciplines of physics, biology, earth and computer science, history, anthropology, statistics, international relations, political science and moral philosophy, The Precipice is a call for a new understanding of our age: a major reorientation in the way we see the world, our history, and the role we play in it.

Author: Toby Ord
Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: Angļu valoda
ISBN code: 9781526600233
Cover type: Soft cover
Year of publication:2021
Number of pages:480