The Anti-Catastrophe League by Tom Ough | Waterstones

Your basket is empty. Usually dispatched within 1-2 days From AI mind readers to life-saving physicists, Ough's brilliantly entertaining and illuminating volume introduces the mavericks attempting to implement imaginative solutions to the existential crises of modern society. A superbly written work of narrative non-fiction by an exciting new talent, The Anti-Catastrophe League is a brilliant study of the people and their teams who are trying to save the world. Our species has a unique genius for self-imperilment. The ancient dangers – asteroids, super-volcanoes and worse – still stalk us, but the most pressing time-bombs are of our own making. Our knack for self-imperilment, though, is one side of a coin: for we are also developing a knack for ambitious solutions. The Anti-Catastrophe League, informed by the author’s experience of working in the field of what is known as existential risk, tells the story of a species that is working out how to defuse several bombs at once. From ancien

Your basket is empty. Usually dispatched within 1-2 days From AI mind readers to life-saving physicists, Ough's brilliantly entertaining and illuminating volume introduces the mavericks attempting to implement imaginative solutions to the existential crises of modern society. A superbly written work of narrative non-fiction by an exciting new talent, The Anti-Catastrophe League is a brilliant study of the people and their teams who are trying to save the world. Our species has a unique genius for self-imperilment. The ancient dangers – asteroids, super-volcanoes and worse – still stalk us, but