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Cover Page 1 Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 Acknowledgements 6 Foreword 7 Contents 11 1 Introduction 21 1.1 Why? 21 1.2 Taxonomy and organization 22 1.3 Part I: Background 26 1.4 Part II: Risks from nature 30 1.5 Part III: Risks from unintended consequences 32 1.6 Part IV: Risks from hostile acts 36 1.7 Conclusions and future directions 42 Part I Background 45 2 Long-term astrophysical processes 46 2.1 Introduction: physical eschatology 46 2.2 Fate of the Earth 46 2.3 Isolation of the local group 48 2.4 Collisionwith Andromeda 49 2.5 The end of stellar evolution 50 2.6 The era of degenerate remnants 51 2.7 The era of black holes 52 2.8 The Dark Era and beyond 54 2.9 Life and information processing 54 2.10 Conclusion 55 Suggestions for further reading 56 References 56 3 Evolution theory and the future of humanity 59 3.1 Introduction 59 3.2 The causes of evolutionary change 60 3.3 Environmental changes and evolutionary changes 61 3.3.1 Extreme evolutionary changes 61 3.3.2 Ongoing evolutionary changes 63 3.3.3 Changes in the cultural environment 65 3.4 Ongoing human evolution 69 3.4.1 Behavioural evolution 70 3.4.2 The future of genetic engineering 71 3.4.3 The evolution of other spec

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Author

Nick Bostrom & Milan M. Ćirković

Published

2008

Language

EN

Category

science

Subjects

Science, Stem

Rating

3.9 / 5 (109 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14