Reducing the Risk of Human Extinction

Risk Analysis - Tập 27 Số 5 - Trang 1335-1344 - 2007
Jason Matheny1
1Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA

Tóm tắt

In this century a number of events could extinguish humanity. The probability of these events may be very low, but the expected value of preventing them could be high, as it represents the value of all future human lives. We review the challenges to studying human extinction risks and, by way of example, estimate the cost effectiveness of preventing extinction‐level asteroid impacts.

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