[The Precipice 01] • The Precipice by Ord, Toby -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Dedication List of Figures List of Tables PART ONE: THE STAKES

Introduction 1. Standing at the Precipice

How We Got Here Where We Might Go The Precipice

2. Existential Risk

Understanding Existential Risk Looking to the Present Looking to Our Future Looking to Our Past Civilizational Virtues Cosmic Significance Uncertainty Our Neglect of Existential Risks

PART TWO: THE RISKS

3. Natural Risks

Asteroids & Comets Supervolcanic Eruptions Stellar Explosions Other Natural Risks The Total Natural Risk

4. Anthropogenic Risks

Nuclear Weapons Climate Change Environmental Damage

5. Future Risks

Pandemics Unaligned Artificial Intelligence Dystopian Scenarios Other Risks

PART THREE: THE PATH FORWARD

6. The Risk Landscape

Quantifying the Risks Combining and Comparing Risks Risk Factors Which Risks?

7. Safeguarding Humanity

Grand Strategy for Humanity Risks Without Precedent International Coordination Technological Progress Research on Existential Risk What You Can Do

8. Our Potential

Duration Scale Quality Choices

Resources Acknowledgments Discover More Appendices Note on the Author Note on the Type Further Reading Bibliography Notes

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