Catastrophe : Risk and Response PDF
by Richard A. Posner
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Catastrophic risks are much greater than is commonly appreciated.
Collision with an asteroid, runaway global warming, voraciously replicating nanomachines, a pandemic of gene-spliced smallpox launched by bioterrorists, and a world-ending accident in a high-energy particle accelerator, are among the possible extinction events that are sufficiently likely to warrant careful study.
How should we respond to events that, for a variety of psychological and cultural reasons, we find it hard to wrap our minds around?
Posner argues that realism about science and scientists, innovative applications of cost-benefit analysis, a scientifically literate legal profession, unprecedented international cooperation, and a pragmatic attitude toward civil liberties are among the keys to coping effectively with the catastrophic risks.
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- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:11/11/2004
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- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:11/11/2004
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- ISBN:9780195346398