Download PDF Preprint Diversity is an important ethical concept. It’s also relevant to global catastrophic risk in at least two ways: the risk of catastrophic biodiversity loss and the need for diversity among people working on global catastrophic risk. It’s...
Download Preprint PDF The concept of global catastrophic risk is customarily defined in human terms. Details vary, but a global catastrophe is almost always regarded as something bad that happens to humans. However, in moral philosophy, it is often considered that...
View in RUSI This article, published with the Royal United Services Institute, discusses the role of sustainability when expanding human activities into outer space. The article illustrates how a framework for space expansion is being set right now, but that this...
Dear friends,The Russian invasion of Ukraine is already proving to be an event of profound importance for global catastrophic risk. As detailed in the GCRI Statement on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the war’s implications for nuclear war risk are especially strong,...
Download Preprint PDF One reason for focusing on global catastrophic risk is because if a global catastrophe occurs, it could prevent human civilization from accomplishing great things in the future. Arguably, some of the greatest things it could accomplish involve...
