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On the Future
Book • 2018
In 'On the Future', Martin Rees argues that humanity's prospects depend on harnessing technological advances to address global challenges while avoiding dystopian risks.
He advocates for rational, global, collective, and optimistic planning to overcome threats like climate change and nuclear war.
The book explores the potential of biotechnology, cybertechnology, robotics, and AI to boost both developing and developed worlds.
He advocates for rational, global, collective, and optimistic planning to overcome threats like climate change and nuclear war.
The book explores the potential of biotechnology, cybertechnology, robotics, and AI to boost both developing and developed worlds.
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Mentioned by Martin Rees as a book where he discusses scenarios of global catastrophes and societal fragility.
86 | Martin Rees on Threats to Humanity, Prospects for Posthumanity, and Life in the Universe
Mentioned by Arthur Laffer, who wrote a blurb on the front cover.
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