
Stephen Davies - What Is Global Catastrophic Risk?
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Global Catastrophic Risks
When we talk about catastrophic, it seems that this is the idea that it's the severity of the cost of the risk if it were to actually happen. So for some risks, the consequence is relatively trivial or minor. On the other hand, sometimes the consequence of the risk is very, very er. You are killed, or you are permanently ar impaired, youre crippled as a result of injuries that you receive. In either of those cases, you're to a catastrophic risk for you as an individual,. Because the damage is so severe that ite basically ends your life completely and radically impairs and reduces it.
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