{"product_id":"9781526600233","title":"The Precipice : 'A book that seems made for the present moment' New Yorker","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Ord, Toby, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 18\/02\/2021,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 480 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEthics \u0026amp; moral philosophy, Biotechnology, Artificial intelligence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781526600233\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe world is in the midst of what may be the most deadly pandemic of the past 100 years. Threats to humanity, and how we address them, define our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe live during the most important era of human history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the twentieth century, we developed the means to destroy ourselves - without developing the moral framework to ensure we won't. This is the Precipice, and how we respond to it will be the most crucial decision of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOxford moral philosopher Toby Ord explores the risks to humanity's future, from the familiar man-made threats of climate change and nuclear war, to the potentially greater, more unfamiliar threats from engineered pandemics and advanced artificial intelligence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith clear and rigorous thinking, Ord calculates the various risk levels, and shows how our own time fits within the larger story of human history. We can say with certainty that the novel coronavirus does not pose such a risk. But could the next pandemic? And what can we do, in our present moment, to face the risks head on?A major work that brings together the disciplines of physics, biology, earth and computer science, history, anthropology, statistics, international relations, political science and moral philosophy, The Precipice is a call for a new understanding of our age: a major reorientation in the way we see the world, our history, and the role we play in it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*A Guardian Pick for 2020*\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38079837470873,"sku":"9781526600233","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781526600233.jpg?v=1613410936","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781526600233","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}