Catastrophe: Risk and ResponseOxford University Press, 11 нояб. 2004 г. - Всего страниц: 336 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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2 Why so little is being done about the catastrophic risks | 92 |
3 How to evaluate the catastrophic risks and the possible responses to them | 139 |
4 How to reduce the catastrophic risks | 199 |
Conclusion | 245 |
Notes | 267 |
Index | 315 |
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