1. The Beginning of History.
- Author
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MACASKILL, WILLIAM
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HUMANITY , *HISTORY , *EFFECT of climate on human beings , *CLIMATE change , *ARTIFICIAL intelligence , *POLITICAL scientists , *CLEAN energy - Abstract
The author reflects on catastrophic risks that threaten to damage or end humanity. Topics include the challenges pose by climate change, pandemics, artificial intelligence and other advances in weaponry, biology and computing to the end of species, a discussion of political theorist Francis Fukuyama's concept of end of history, and the innovations that the world will need to overcome cataclysmic dangers such as generating clean energy and detecting diseases when they can still be contained.
- Published
- 2022