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Stephen Davies - What Is Global Catastrophic Risk?

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Is There a Global Catastrophic Risk of Terrorism?

A global catastrophic risk of a human will and destructiveness. Someone actually decides, either intended or unintended, to pursue a set of actions that result in the consequence of o game over. It's quite possible now to imagine a terrorists getting their hands on some kind of technology which could destroy modern civilization beyond its ever being repaired. The chance of a nuclear war happening, probably by accident or misjudgment, is still significantly higher than we ould really want it to be.

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