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