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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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21322599 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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KPN |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20211214110358.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
191206s2020 nyu 000 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2019956459 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780316484916 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN |
9780316484893 |
| Qualifying information |
(ebook) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ord, Toby, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The precipice : |
| Remainder of title |
existential risk and the future of humanity / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Toby Ord. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 263 ## - PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE |
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| Projected publication date |
2003 |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Hachette Books, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2020. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 468 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations, maps ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
| Content type code |
txt |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media type term |
unmediated |
| Media type code |
n |
| Source |
rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier type term |
volume |
| Carrier type code |
nc |
| Source |
rdacarrier |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Practical wisdom in leadership and organization series. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
INCLUDES INDEX |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Part one: the stakes. Introduction --<br/>Standing at the precipice. How we got here --<br/>Where we might go --<br/>The precipice --<br/>Existential risk. Understanding existential risk --<br/>Looking to the present --<br/>Looking to our future --<br/>Looking to our past --<br/>Civilization virtues --<br/>Cosmic significance --<br/>Uncertainty --<br/>Our neglect of existential risks --<br/>Part two: the risks. Natural risks. Asteroids & comets --<br/>Supervolcanic eruptions --<br/>Stellar explosions --<br/>Other natural risks --<br/>The total natural risk --<br/>Anthropogenic risks. Nuclear weapons --<br/>Climate change --<br/>Environmental damage --<br/>Future risks. Pandemics --<br/>Unaligned artificial intelligence --<br/>Dystopian scenarios --<br/>Other risks --<br/>Part three: the path forward. The risk landscape. Quantifying the risks --<br/>Combining and comparing risks --<br/>Risk factors --<br/>Which risks? --<br/>Safeguarding humanity. Grand strategy for humanity --<br/>Risks without precedent --<br/>International coordination --<br/>Technological progress --<br/>Research on existential risk --<br/>What you can do --<br/>Our potential. Duration --<br/>Scale --<br/>Quality --<br/>Choices. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"From nuclear war and climate change to AI and synthetic biology, the risk of human extinction during this century is frighteningly high. Reducing these risks should be the top global priority-but it isn't. Bringing together key scientific evidence and insight from the humanities, Toby Ord, University of Oxford professor and advisor to the World Bank, U.S. National Security Council, and other global organizations, provides novel tools and concrete strategies for making the largest possible difference in saving our species. The moral argument is simple: society has begun to value diversity across a wide array of genders, races, religions, and sexual orientations, and the Western world is beginning to see the injustice of devaluing those who live in distant countries as well. The next step is to recognize the equality of people distant from us in time-the millions of future generations that should follow our own. The value of many trillions of lives, billions of years of civilization, and untold heights of flourishing and achievement dramatically increases the stakes of existential risks. To destroy such a future would break the partnership across the generations that has raised the human project up to its current heights; it would betray the collective virtues of our civilization; and it might even eliminate the only part of the universe that will ever be capable of appreciating its wonders. Despite the daunting stakes we face, The Precipice resists doom and gloom: Ord's style and message are optimistic, and the book is animated by an inspiring vision of our vast potential"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
IN ENGLISH |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| 9 (RLIN) |
745 |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Social prediction. |
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| 9 (RLIN) |
746 |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Social ecology. |
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| 9 (RLIN) |
747 |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Human ecology. |
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0 |
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ibc |
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orignew |
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2 |
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epcn |
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20 |
| g |
y-gencatlg |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
Book |
| Suppress in OPAC |
No |
