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Pages: 577
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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 arisin
Global Catastrophic Risks
Language: en
Pages: 577
Authors: Nick Bostrom
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-07-03 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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A global catastrophic risk is one with the potential to wreak death and destruction on a global scale. In human history, wars and plagues have done so on more t
Global Catastrophic Risks
Language: en
Pages: 576
Authors: Nick Bostrom
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-07-04 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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A global catastrophic risk is one with the potential to wreak death and destruction on a global scale. In human history, wars and plagues have done so on more t
Quantifying and Controlling Catastrophic Risks
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The perception, assessment and management of risk are increasingly important core principles for determining the development of both policy and strategic respon
Catastrophe
Language: en
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Authors: Richard A. Posner
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-11-11 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Catastrophic risks are much greater than is commonly appreciated. Collision with an asteroid, runaway global warming, voraciously replicating nanomachines, a pa