By Nick Bostrom and Matthew van der Merwe.

Abstract:
Sooner or later a technology capable of wiping out human civilisation might be invented. How far would we go to stop it?

Notes:
This article is an adaption of Bostrom's academic paper "The Vulnerable World Hypothesis (2019)".

The article was first published in Aeon Magazine. The narration was provided by Curio. We are grateful to Aeon and Curio for granting us permission to re-use the audio.

Links:

• The Aeon article: How Vulnerable is the World?
• The original academic paper: The Vulnerable World Hypothesis
• The original academic paper, narrated by Radio Bostrom: The Vulnerable World Hypothesis

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