EAN: 9783030304096

THE WORLDS WORST PROBLEMS - WALTER DODDS KARTON...

This book addresses the worst problems currently facing humanity and those that may pose future
threats. The problems are explained and approached through a scientific lens  and categorized
based on data involving global mortality  vulnerability  and threat level. The book presents
indices of problem severity to compare relative intensity of current and potential crises. The
approach avoids emotional argument using mainly empirical evidence to support the
classification of relative problem severity. The author discusses multiple global problems and
ranks them. He also explores specific solutions to each problem  links problems to human
behavior from a social science perspective  considers international cooperation  and finally
pathways to solutions. The book discusses confirmation bias and why this necessitates a
scientific approach to tackle problems. The moral assumption that each person has the same
rights to life and minimal suffering  and that the natural world has a right to exist  forms
the basis of ranking problems based on death  suffering  and harm to the natural world. A focus
is given to potential disasters such as asteroid collisions and super-volcanic eruptions  which
are then presented in chapters that address specific contemporary global issues including
disease  hunger  nuclear weapons and climate change. Furthermore the author then ranks the
problems based on an index of problem severity  considering what other people think the worst
problems are. The relative economic costs to solve each of these problems  individual behavior
in the face of these problems  how people could work together internationally to combat them 
and a general pathway toward solutions form the basis of the final chapters. This work will
appeal to a wide range of readers  students considering how they can help the world  and
scientists and policy makers interested in global problem solving.

Aktuelle Preise zur EAN 9783030304096

Produktinformationen zur 9783030304096