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Global catastrophic risk

A global catastrophic risk or a doomsday scenario is a hypothetical event that could damage human well-being on a global scale, endangering or even destroying modern civilization. Existential risk is a related term limited to events that could cause full-blown human extinction or permanently and drastically curtail humanity's existence or potential.

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Global catastrophic risk

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related to Further reading · 119
Global catastrophic risk → Adrian, Alexey, Avin, Beyond ISBN, Bonnie, Books, Brief Guide, British Columbia, Bryan, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Canada, Catastrophic, Catastrophic Thinking, Catherine, Centuries Can We Do, Chapter, Classifying, Collapse, Complex Societies
related to External links · 21
Global catastrophic risk → Annual Reports, April, Are, August, BBC, Earth, February, Global Challenges FoundationCenter, Global Risk, Humanity, Long-Term RiskGlobal Catastrophic Risk, Longtermism, MacAskill, PolicyStephen Petranek, TED, Ten, The Case, The Guardian, The New York Times, What
related to Potential sources of risk · 10
Global catastrophic risk → AI, Anthropogenic, Earth, Examples, Experts, Insufficient, Other, Potential, Sun, Technological
related to Methodological challenges · 7
Global catastrophic risk → Another, Carl Sagan, For, In, Moreover, Research, Understanding
related to Defining global catastrophic risks · 6
Global catastrophic risk → Black Death, Europe's, Humanity, Most, Some, The
related to Incentives and coordination · 6
Global catastrophic risk → Even, First, Furthermore, It, Since, There
related to Defining existential risks · 2
Global catastrophic risk → Existential, The

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large cobalt bombsinstance ofor radiological warfare using weapons0.80text
famineinstance ofcritical resource depletion0.80text
water scarcityinstance ofcritical resource depletion0.80text
or the loss of fossil fuelsinstance ofcritical resource depletion0.80text
and human overpopulation or underpopulationinstance ofcritical resource depletion0.80text
the Roman Empire have ended in a loss of centralized governanceinstance ofcivilizations0.80text
a major civilization-wide loss of infrastructureinstance ofcivilizations0.80text
advanced technologyinstance ofcivilizations0.80text
the extinction of the entire human speciesinstance ofand especially qualitatively different scenarios0.80text
seem to trigger a different mode of thinkinginstance ofand especially qualitatively different scenarios0.80text
global thermonuclear warinstance ofin order to improve the chance of human survival from planet-wide events0.80text
bio-securityinstance ofThe Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has a division called the Global Security Principal Directorate which researches on behalf of the government issues0.80text

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