Will humans survive the century?

Published: March 11, 2019, 9 p.m.

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What is the chance of the human race surviving the 21st century? There are many dangers \\u2013 climate change for example, or nuclear war, or a pandemic, or planet Earth being hit by a giant asteroid.

Around the world a number of research centres have sprung up to investigate and mitigate what\\u2019s called existential risk. How precarious is our civilisation and can we all play a part in preventing global catastrophe?

Contributors

Anders Sandberg, Future of Humanity Institute.\\nPhil Torres, Future of Life Institute.\\nKarin Kuhlemann, University College London.\\nSimon Beard, Centre for Existential Risk.\\nLalitha Sundaram, Centre for Existential Risk.\\nSeth Baum, Global Catastrophic Risk Institute.

Film clip: Armageddon, Touchstone Pictures (1998), Directed by Michael Bay.

Presented (cheerily) by David Edmonds. \\nProducer: Diane Richardson

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