Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Rare Earth Solutions
- Part III Catastrophist Solutions
- 7 Doomsday Arguments
- 8 Death by Impact
- 9 Death by Terrestrial Disaster
- 10 Death by Star
- 11 Death on a Galactic Scale?
- 12 Death by Unsustainable Growth
- 13 Death by Self-Induced Environmental Change
- 14 Self-Destruction at the Nanoscale
- 15 Artificial Intelligence and the Singularity
- 16 War
- 17 Societal Collapse
- Part IV Uncommunicative Solutions
- Part V Conclusions
- Appendix A A Database of Solutions to Fermi’s Paradox
- References
- Index
17 - Societal Collapse
from Part III - Catastrophist Solutions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 April 2019
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Rare Earth Solutions
- Part III Catastrophist Solutions
- 7 Doomsday Arguments
- 8 Death by Impact
- 9 Death by Terrestrial Disaster
- 10 Death by Star
- 11 Death on a Galactic Scale?
- 12 Death by Unsustainable Growth
- 13 Death by Self-Induced Environmental Change
- 14 Self-Destruction at the Nanoscale
- 15 Artificial Intelligence and the Singularity
- 16 War
- 17 Societal Collapse
- Part IV Uncommunicative Solutions
- Part V Conclusions
- Appendix A A Database of Solutions to Fermi’s Paradox
- References
- Index
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- Solving Fermi's Paradox , pp. 254 - 258Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019