Drawing blanks and winning: Quantifying global catastrophic risk associated with human ingenuity

In his Vulnerable World Hypothesis Nick Bostrom recently compared invention to drawing balls out of a giant urn containing at least one black ball (i.e. an invention that would destroy civilization). If this hypothesis is correct, there is a need to assess the global catastrophic risk associated wit...

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Main Authors: John-Oliver Engler, Jan Niklas Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-06-01
Series:Sustainable Futures
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188824000157

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