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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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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social issues & processes

• Full title: Catastrophe
• Author: Richard A. Posner
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• EAN: 9780195306477
• ISBN: 0195306473
• ID: 04476630
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Weight: 546 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 156 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. January 2006

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