What's the Worst That Could Happen?: Existential Risk and Extreme Politics

by Andrew Leigh

Why catastrophic risks are more dangerous than you think, and how populism makes them worse.

Did you know that you're more likely to die from a catastrophe than in a car crash? The odds that a typical US resident will die from a catastrophic event--for example, nuclear war, bioterrorism, or out-of-control artificial intelligence--have been estimated at 1 in 6. That's fifteen times more likely than a fatal car crash and thirty-one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262548518
• ISBN13: 9780262548519
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.7"