Category Archives: Cambridge Centre Study of Existential Risk

cser.org — A research center at the University of Cambridge studying possible extinction-level threats. Advisors include philosopher Peter Singer, computer scientist Stuart J. Russell, statistician David Spiegelhalter, and cosmologists Stephen Hawking and Max Tegmark. co-founders are Huw Price, philosophy professor at Cambridge, Martin Rees, cosmologist, astrophysicist

Civilizations last just 336 years on average

Posted on May 6, 2019 by

Preface. I stopped trying to find out why each civilization failed because it’s not always clear and historians bicker over it, so I was glad to run across this article that attempts to summarize this broad topic. It’s clear drought, … Continue reading →

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Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

Posted on May 21, 2014 by

University of Cambridge: Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk Some of Britain’s finest minds are drawing up a “doomsday list” of catastrophic events that could devastate the world, pose a threat to civilization and might even lead to … Continue reading →

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Stephen Hawking: Escape to another planet before we go extinct

Posted on July 15, 2013 by

The only method of propulsion we have to escape the planet is, you guessed it, fossil fuels, and they don’t come anywhere near to getting us to the speed of light necessary to get to even the closest star. Nor … Continue reading →

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