THE END: WHAT SCIENCE AND RELIGION TELL US ABOUT THE APOCALYPSE
Book ID/图书代码： 12580016B88636
English Summary/英文概要： We live in a genuinely unique period of human history, one in which the alarmist’s hackneyed warning that “The end is near!” could actually come true. The world is cluttered with increasingly powerful advanced technologies. Global warming and biodiversity loss are unchecked catastrophes that will likely push society to the brink of collapse. How are we to respond to this situation? What can we do to maximize the probability of a positive outcome for our species? The End surveys the expanding wilderness of big-picture hazards before us. It offers a comprehensive and detailed analysis of our evolving existential predicament, which includes risks from synthetic biology, nanotechnology, nuclear weaponry, and (possibly, soon) superintelligence. But understanding the science of risks isn’t enough to effectively mitigate them: one must also understand the social, political, and especially religious contexts in which advanced technologies are being developed. The End provides this knowledge by showing how faith-based belief in religious eschatologies (or end-times narratives) is inching us ever closer to a secular apocalypse. Action needs to be taken immediately to avert a disaster. The question is whether humanity will choose reason over faith, observation over revelation, and science over religion.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 我们现在生活在人类史上一个真正独特的时期，那就是危言耸听的老一套警告“末日将近！“真的可能会实现。世界充斥着越来越强大的先进技术。全球变暖和生物多样性的丧失是不加节制的灾难，这将有可能将社会推向崩溃的边缘。我们如何应对这种情况？我们能做什么来最大限度地提高关于我们物种的积极结果的概率？《末日》调查了我们面临的主要危险在不断扩大的范围。它对我们不断加剧的生存困境进行了全面、详细的分析，包括合成生物、纳米技术、核武器和超智能（可能很快会来临）的为危险。但科学地理解风险并不足以有效地减轻它们：我们还必须了解社会，政治，特别是宗教背景下正在开发中的先进技术。《末日》通过展示宗教信仰中的末世论是如何越来越接近我们的，提供了这方面的知识。必须立即采取行动以避免灾难发生。问题是，人类是否会选择理性战胜信仰，观察战胜启示，科学战胜宗教。(LNL)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 菲尔•托雷斯是一位哲学家，并写关于新兴技术，潜在风险和末世论的文章。他在很多学术期刊发表过文章，是道德和新兴技术研究所的定期撰稿人，也是《信仰危机：无神论，新兴技术和人类未来》的作者。他住在北卡罗来纳州的卡尔伯罗。罗素•布莱克福德是一位澳大利亚哲学家、文学批评家、作家。
Phil Torres is an author, scientist, journalist, television host, photographer, explorer, Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, and founder of the X-Risks Institute for the Study of Extremism (www.risksandreligion.org). Host of Al Jazeera America’s TechKnow, Phil is a graduate of Cornell University with degrees in Entomology and Biology. His other television work includes hosting and analytic duties on Animal Planet, the BBC, and the Discovery Channel.
He has worked extensively in the Amazon Rainforest, having lived remotely there while leading conservation research and education projects for almost 2 years. Torres has been published in both popular and academic journals, including Skeptic, The Humanist, Common Dreams, Salon, AlterNet, Erkenntnis, Metaphilosophy, and the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and is the author of A Crisis of Faith, his first book.
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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Korean rights have been sold.
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