The author presented a list of the natural and man made ways that humanity and/or civilization could be destroyed. Das maschinell gelernte Modell berücksichtigt Faktoren wie das Alter einer Bewertung, die Beurteilung der Nützlichkeit durch Kunden und ob die Bewertungen aus geprüften Einkäufen stammen.Wir konnten Ihre Stimmabgabe leider nicht speichern. Through malign intent or by mistake, a single event could trigger global disaster. Wie Wissenschaft und Politik jetzt unser Überleben sichern können.
He is willing to bet that a biological weapon can wipe out about 1 million people before 2020 but believes a moratorium on certain types of scientific experiments should be in order. Perspektiven für die Menschheit. Only 3 stars because he's not my favourite science writer in terms of his prose. Some of his analyses are already easy to see happening. We may have to stay home and stay still, but through t...No, he elaborates on that. I remember when my brother first read this and I was kind of interested at the time in knowing what it was about.
Mai 2008 It is a frightening narrative in this respect and this is useful information for citizens to consider when judging the plans or programs of their governments to thwart this eventuality.
Though we can never completely safeguard our future, increased regulation and inspection can help us to prevent catastrophe.
Our destiny depends increasingly on choices that we make ourselves. November 2003 I have no direct descendants so I often concern myself with the fate of our entire species. Sir Martin takes the reader on a tour of many of the things that can go very wrong in a world with extremely lethal exotic weapons and multiple extremist groups who may eventually gain access to these weapons.
I also read an interview of Sir Rees and an article about him.
Es wird kein Kindle Gerät benötigt. People have extreme views, right-wing political parties seem to flourish and humanity seems to be fuelled by greed, hatred and a painful short-sighted recklessness.I was very much looking forward to reading this book with a certain nervousness. If the daily news isn't enough to make you want to crawl under a rock, this book will do the trick. While overall an interesting and readable book on the risks of human extinction, this has pretty much been completely supplanted by Toby Ord’s While overall an interesting and readable book on the risks of human extinction, this has pretty much been completely supplanted by Toby Ord’s Sir Martin Rees' potboiler from 2003 is an adequate survey of the potential existential threats against humanity. Bitte versuchen Sie es später noch einmal.Wir konnten Ihre Stimmabgabe leider nicht speichern. He also talked a bit about the spread of humanity into space and some talk of whether or not life was common or not and how that should affect how we think about the risks we are taking and their impact on the future of life and intelligence in the cosmos. It is, in my opinion, becoming ever-more apparant that we are living in a dangerous world. How far we go depends our ability to make the smart choices. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Hinzufügen war nicht erfolgreich. The material is somewhat dated, but this is a common and mostly unavoidable feature of popular science books: the material is watered down for general consumption, but also it substantively decays with the inevitable future advances in the pool of scientific knowledge and as a recognition of further coSir Martin Rees' potboiler from 2003 is an adequate survey of the potential existential threats against humanity. This was a great book on a subject near and dear to my heart.
according to him, there are many possibilities.
I got a quote from another book to this book I need to see original It was written too long ago, I didn’t learn anything. This book is a great overview of impending, possible disasters, but the major premise of the book, namely that there is a great probability of our species causing our own extinction within this century is not sufficiently supported. But, overall good message and a relevant message of warning, of humility. Bolstered by unassailable science and delivered in eloquent style, Bolstered by unassailable science and delivered in eloquent style, Welcome back. Terrifying, absolutely. We could be wiped out by lethal "engineered" airborne viruses, or by rogue nano-machines that replicate catastrophically. He goes all the way back into history coming up with theories based on evidence on how the mistakes we, the government and others in the world contribute to the end of the world.
Oktober 2018 This book will open your eyes to the many possibilities confronting the future of intelligent life as we know it. It was interesting to read this book at almost 20 years after it was written. For me, this book is still relevant today, for both the thing he imagined and happened, and for those which didn't happen.Hmm. The author presented a list of the natural and man made ways that humanity and/or civilization could be destroyed. Sir Martin Rees's sharp and critical sight is not blinded by fear, and tackles most aspects of the scenario - from natural catastrophes to artificial doom linked to misuse of technology, from philosophy to history to future colonization of space and the search for extraterrestrial life - and contemplates the place and role of humanity and life in general within the universe.
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