All publications - existential risk

The Fragile World Hypothesis: Complexity, Fragility, and Systemic Existential Risk

2020

Manheim D. (2020) The Fragile World Hypothesis: Complexity, Fragility, and Systemic Existential Risk, in Futures 122, [pages not available].

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Coping with ecological catastrophe: Crossing major thresholds

2004

Cairns Jr. J. (2004) Coping with ecological catastrophe: Crossing major thresholds, in Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics 4, 69-79.

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Planet doom: Nine scenarios for imminent apocalypse-only one is global warming

2010

Plumer B. (2010) Planet doom: Nine scenarios for imminent apocalypse-only one is global warming, in New Republic 241.0, 23-25.

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The Vulnerable World Hypothesis

2019

Bostrom N. (2019) The Vulnerable World Hypothesis, in Global Policy [volume not available], [pages not available].

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On Defining Global Catastrophic Biological Risks

2017

Palmer M.J., Tiu B.C., Weissenbach A.S., Relman D.A. (2017) On Defining Global Catastrophic Biological Risks, in Health Security 15, 347-348.

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Geo-engineering gone awry: A new partial solution of Fermi's paradox

2004

Ćirković M.M., Cathcart R.B. (2004) Geo-engineering gone awry: A new partial solution of Fermi's paradox, in JBIS - Journal British Interplanetary Society 57, 209-215.

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The far future argument for confronting catastrophic threats to humanity: Practical significance and alternatives

2015

Baum S.D. (2015) The far future argument for confronting catastrophic threats to humanity: Practical significance and alternatives, in Futures 72, 86-96.

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How an India-Pakistan nuclear war could start—and have global consequences

2019

Kristensen H.M., Turco R.P., Lovenduski N.S., McKinzie M., Harrison C.S., Robock A., Toon O.B., Xia L., Peterson R.J., Bardeen C.G. (2019) How an India-Pakistan nuclear war could start—and have global consequences, in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 75, 273-279.

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Posthumanism and human extinction: Apocalypse, species, and two posthuman ecologies

2020

Odorčák J., Bakošová P. (2020) Posthumanism and human extinction: Apocalypse, species, and two posthuman ecologies, in Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies 19, 47-62.

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Biotechnology and the lifetime of technical civilizations

2019

Sotos J.G. (2019) Biotechnology and the lifetime of technical civilizations, in International Journal of Astrobiology [volume not available], 1-10.

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