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  Risk AnalysisVolume 27 Issue 5, Pages 1335 - 1344 Published Online: 7 Dec 2007 © 2010 Society for Risk Analysis Published on behalf of the Society for Risk Analysis
Abstract | References | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 108K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  Reducing the Risk of Human Extinction Copyright 2007 Society for Risk Analysis KEYWORDS Asteroids • catastrophic risk • cost-effectiveness analysis • discounting • existential risk • human extinction ABSTRACTIn this century a number of events could extinguish humanity. The probability of these events may be very low, but the expected value of preventing them could be high, as it represents the value of all future human lives. We review the challenges to studying human extinction risks and, by way of example, estimate the cost effectiveness of preventing extinction-level asteroid impacts. |
