A Global Catastrophic Risk is one that has the potential to inflict serious damage to human well-being on a global scale. This book focuses on such risks arising from natural catastrophes (Earth-based or beyond), nuclear war, terrorism, biological weapons, totalitarianism, advanced nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and social collapse. INDICE: Acknowledgements; Sir Martin J. Rees: Foreword; Nick Bostrom and Milan M. Cirkovic: Introduction; I Background; Fred C. Adams: Long-term astrophysical processes; Christopher Wills: Evolution theory and the future of humanity; James J. Hughes: Millenial tendencies in responses to apocalyptic threats;Eliezer Yudkowsky: Cognitive biases potentially affecting judgement of globalrisks; Milan M. Cirkovic: Observation selection effects and global catastrophic risks; Yacov Y. Haimes: Systems-based risk analysis; Peter Taylor: Catastrophes and insurance; Richard A. Posner: Public policy towards catastrophe; II Risks from Nature; Michael R. Rampino: Super-volcanism and other geophysical processes of catastrophic import; William Napier: Hazards from comets and asteroids; Arnon Dar: Influence of Supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, solar flares, and cosmic rays on the terrestrial environment; III Risks from Unintended Consequences; David Frame and Myles R. Allen: Climate change and global risk; Edwin Dennis Kilbourne: Plagues and pandemics: past, present, and future; Eliezer Yudkowsky: Artificial Intelligence as a positive and negative factor in global risk; Frank Wilczek: Big troubles, imagined and real; IV Risks from hostile acts; Robin Hanson: Catastrophe, social collapse, and and human extinction; Joseph Cirincione: The continuing threat of nuclear war; Gary Ackerman and William C. Potter: Catastrophic nuclear terrorism: a preventable peril; Ali Nouri and Christopher F. Chyba: Biotechnology and biosecurity; Chris Phoenix and Mike Treder: Nanotechnology as global catastrophic risk; Bryan Caplan: The totalitarian threat; Author's biographies; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-960650-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 576
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés