Catastrophe (häftad)
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E-bok
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Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
336
Utgivningsdatum
2004-11-11
Förlag
Oxford University Press
ISBN
9780199884384

Catastrophe E-bok

Risk and Response

E-bok (LCP),  Engelska, 2004-11-11
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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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