Existential risk and human extinction
An intellectual history
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9846117 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Moynihan (0000-0003-3565-1092, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 116 |
| Pages | 102495 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Futures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-3287 • E-ISSN: 1873-6378 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.futures.2019.102495 |
| OpenAlex | W2996015177 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 22 |
Economics · Enlightenment · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Existentialism · Futures studies · Humanity · Modernity · Political science · Positive economics · Sociology · Computer Science · Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems · Law · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Philosophy · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
Not Too Risky. How to Take a Reasonable Stance on Human Enhancement
Beyond beliefs and time—rethinking religions and secularisms in an increasingly complex world
Taking stock of systems for organizing existential and global catastrophic risks
Mapping and Increasing Americans’ Actual and Perceived Support for Initiatives Protecting Future Generations
The Probabilistic Price of Life Across Time
Human Extinction and AI
Drawing blanks and winning
Is society caught up in a Death Spiral? Modeling societal demise and its reversal
Dyadic risk mechanisms–a nomenclature for 36 proto-cascading effects determining humanity’s future
Mysterious faces of hybridisation
Inviting a decolonial praxis for future imaginaries of nature
The ultimate political question? Realism and omnicide
Beyond the lifetime of organizations
Moral circle expansion
Capturing the expanding research areas of the future of humanity within the field of futures studies
Solving for X?’ Towards a problem-finding framework to ground long-term governance strategies for artificial intelligence
Cascading global catastrophic risks toward 2075
Americans underestimate national levels of concern for future generations
Pre-planning transformation to avoid collapse—Is it possible
Risks of space colonization
On the Inevitability and the Possible Structures of Supercivilizations
The Emergence of Probability
The evolution of foresight
Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority
Caricature as a Source for the History of Science
Of the Populousness of Ancient Nations
Tambora
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Astronomical Waste
The Pattern of Expectation, 1644-2001
Long-term trajectories of human civilization
The End of the World
The Great Chain of Being
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |