End of World Possibly Nigh
Over at Reason, Ronald Bailey has an interesting report from the Global Catastrophic Risks conference describing the various ways humanity might off itself in the next century, including nuclear holocaust, super-AI and nanotechnology. He also wrote a few other posts from the conference about the risks of asteroid strikes and gamma-ray bursts. All in all, some nice, airy summer reading.
But did you know the world almost ended in 1983? Seriously, we might have all become nuclear briskets if it weren’t for this one Russian dude.
