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End Times - A Brief Guide to the End of the World (Hardcover)
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End Times - A Brief Guide to the End of the World (Hardcover)
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In this history of extinction and existential risk, a Newsweek and
Bloomberg popular science and investigative journalist examines our
most dangerous mistakes -- and explores how we can protect and
future-proof our civilization. End Times is a compelling work of
skilled reportage that peels back the layers of complexity around
the unthinkable -- and inevitable -- end of humankind. From
asteroids and artificial intelligence to volcanic supereruption to
nuclear war, veteran science reporter and TIME editor Bryan Walsh
provides a stunning panoramic view of the most catastrophic threats
to the human race. In End Times, Walsh examines threats that emerge
from nature and those of our own making: asteroids, supervolcanoes,
nuclear war, climate change, disease pandemics, biotechnology,
artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial intelligence. Walsh
details the true probability of these world-ending catastrophes,
the impact on our lives were they to happen, and the best
strategies for saving ourselves, all pulled from his rigorous and
deeply thoughtful reporting and research. Walsh goes into the room
with the men and women whose job it is to imagine the unimaginable.
He includes interviews with those on the front lines of prevention,
actively working to head off existential threats in biotechnology
labs and government hubs. Guided by Walsh's evocative, page-turning
prose, we follow scientific stars like the asteroid hunters at NASA
and the disease detectives on the trail of the next killer virus.
Walsh explores the danger of apocalypse in all forms. In the end,
it will be the depth of our knowledge, the height of our
imagination, and our sheer will to survive that will decide the
future.
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