The Precipice
Ord, Toby
’The Precipice is a powerful book . . .
Ord’s love for humanity and hope for its future is infectious’ Spectator’Ord’s analysis of the science is exemplary . . .
Thrillingly written’ Sunday TimesWe live during the most important era
of human history. In the twentieth century, we developed the means to
destroy ourselves - without developing the moral framework to ensure we
won’t. This is the Precipice, and how we respond to it will be the most
crucial decision of our time.
Oxford moral philosopher Toby
Ord explores the risks to humanity’s future, from the familiar man-made
threats of climate change and nuclear war, to the potentially greater,
more unfamiliar threats from engineered pandemics and advanced
artificial intelligence. With clear and rigorous thinking, Ord
calculates the various risk levels, and shows how our own time fits
within the larger story of human history. We can say with certainty that
the novel coronavirus does not pose such a risk.
But could the
next pandemic? And what can we do, in our present moment, to face the
risks head on?A major work that brings together the disciplines of
physics, biology, earth and computer science, history, anthropology,
statistics, international relations, political science and moral
philosophy, The Precipice is a call for a new understanding of our age: a
major reorientation in the way we see the world, our history, and the
role we play in it.
Kustantaja: UKBooks
Sidosasu: Pehmeäkantinen
ean: 9781526600233
Ilmestymisvuosi: 2021
Kirjastoluokka: 84.5 Kaunokirjallisuus
Hyllypaikka (Sivullinen kirjakauppa): UK2
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