All publications - existential risk

Environmental management in arid regions: The question of water

2010

Bakhbakhi Y., Boumaza M. (2010) Environmental management in arid regions: The question of water, in World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology 42, 1582-1585.

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Former Defense Secretary William Perry: Why we must describe doomsday to keep it from happening

2019

Mecklin J. (2019) Former Defense Secretary William Perry: Why we must describe doomsday to keep it from happening, in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 75, 265-268.

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An empirical critique of two versions of the doomsday argument- Gott's line and Leslie's wedge

2003

Sober E. (2003) An empirical critique of two versions of the doomsday argument- Gott's line and Leslie's wedge, in Synthese 135, 415-430.

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Command-and-control: Alternative futures of geoengineering in an age of global weirding

2014

Sweeney J.A. (2014) Command-and-control: Alternative futures of geoengineering in an age of global weirding, in Futures 57, 1-13.

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Existential risk, creativity & well-adapted science

2019

Currie A. (2019) Existential risk, creativity & well-adapted science, in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 76, 39-48.

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Objectives of public economic policy and the adaptation to climate change

2010

Aakre S., Rübbelke D.T.G. (2010) Objectives of public economic policy and the adaptation to climate change, in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 53, 767-791.

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World water actions: Making water flow for all

2003

Guerquin F. (2003) World water actions: Making water flow for all, in World Water Actions: Making Water Flow for All [volume not available], 1-174.

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Big history and the future of humanity

2010

Spier F. (2010) Big history and the future of humanity, in Big History and the Future of Humanity [volume not available], 1-272.

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How long until human-level AI? Results from an expert assessment

2011

Baum S.D., Goertzel B., Goertzel T.G. (2011) How long until human-level AI? Results from an expert assessment, in Technological Forecasting and Social Change 78, 185-195.

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An upper bound for the background rate of human extinction

2019

Bonsall M.B., Snyder-Beattie A.E., Ord T. (2019) An upper bound for the background rate of human extinction, in Scientific Reports 9, [pages not available].

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