risk mitigation
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Stephen Hawking Was Right To Worry About Our Impending Doom
Physicist Stephen Hawking died yesterday at the age of 76. In the latter stages of his illustrious career, Hawking devoted a considerable amount of time and effort to issuing warnings of future threats – from the perils of climate change and nuclear war through to artificial superintelligence and alien invasions. And for this he was…
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An Earth-Sized Space Shield To Protect Us From Solar Storms Is Less Crazy Than It Sounds
Every 100 years or so, our Sun gives off a great big belch that sends an intense wave of charged particles towards Earth. This wasn’t a problem in the past, but our high-tech civilisation is now disturbingly vulnerable to these solar storms. A new study quantifies the economic risks posed by these extreme solar storms,…
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Could Game Theory Be Used To Prevent Human Extinction?
Game theory is a powerful tool for understanding strategic behaviour in economics, business, and politics. But some experts say its true power may lie in its ability to help us navigate a perilous future.