An Anthology of Global Risk

This anthology brings together a diversity of key texts in the emerging field of Existential Risk Studies. It serves to complement the previous volume The Era of Global Risk: An Introduction to Existential Risk Studies by providing open access to original research and insights in this rapidly evolvi...

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Autores principales: SJ Beard, Tom Hobson
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Publicado: Open Book Publishers 2024
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