📢#OutNow in #OA: 'The Era of #GlobalRisk: An Introduction to #ExistentialRisk Studies', by SJ Beard, Martin Rees, Catherine Richards and Clarissa Rios Rojas (eds).

This innovative and comprehensive collection of essays explores the biggest threats facing #humanity in the 21st century; #threats that cannot be contained or controlled and that have the potential to bring about human extinction and civilization collapse.

Bringing together experts from many disciplines, it provides an accessible survey of what we know about these threats, how we can understand them better, and most importantly what can be done to manage them effectively. These essays pair insights from decades of #research and #activism around #globalrisk with the latest #academic findings from the emerging field of #ExistentialRisk Studies.

Access at https://openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0336