future: catastrophes: human-extinction

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Book: The End of the World - The Science and Ethics of Human Extinction
Book: The End of the World - The Science and Ethics of Human Extinction
by Prof. John Leslie. The first comprehensive survey of potential catastrophes speculated upon by scientists, from comet and asteroid impacts to nuclear or chemical warfare, from ozone layer destruction to overpopulation and poisoning of the environment or the risk of catastrophe through genetic engineering. Also covers philosophy and ethics. 1996
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 112062

Existential Risks
Existential Risks
Paper by Nick Bostrom, analyzing well-known and less well-known extinction risks and related crippling hazards to humanity.
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 112063

Remarks on the Doomsday Argument
Remarks on the Doomsday Argument
Questions if people are underestimating the likelihood of human extinction in the next few decades, a position put forward by the philosophical Carter-Leslie doomsday argument. Highly philosophical and statistical.
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 112060

The Lifeboat Foundation: Human Rescue Service
The Lifeboat Foundation: Human Rescue Service
Aims to build "lifeboats" in space to save the human race from extinction caused by the advanced technologies that are predicted to be available in the year 2020.
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 112065