by gpafentakis | Mar 4, 2024 | nuclear, policy, risk
For the very first lecture, we discussed the Doomsday Clock. The clock acts as a warning of how close we are to destruction. We analyzed the 2024 announcement of the doomsday clock and how it mentioned that the risk of nuclear extinction has been increased as Russia...
by cbgravitt | Mar 4, 2024 | bio, climate, cyber, nuclear, policy, risk
Race Against the Doomsday Clock By Charlie Gravitt, Lawton Bauer, and Miles Brown Download (Windows and Linux only): Windows version Linux Version If those don’t work, try to access it via UChicago box at this link, and see the bottom of this post for how to...
by miansimmons | Mar 3, 2024 | bio, climate, cyber, framing, nuclear
Fermi’s Fate: A Game of Existential Gambits By Mia Simmons, Aidan Jones, Audrey Scott, and Daniela Chen We created a board game called “Fermi’s Fate: A Game of Existential Gambits” that contextualizes the existential risks covered in class, educating players and...
by davidneiltraub | Mar 3, 2024 | nuclear, policy, risk, solutions
Click here to view David Traub’s op-ed, titled “A Call to Action: Navigating the Nuclear Precipice in Today’s Geopolitical Landscape.” In the shadow of burgeoning digital advancements, the specter of nuclear threats looms ominously over the...
by kelleherjt | Jun 28, 2021 | bio, climate, cyber, nuclear, salience
By Janet and Jane Tunde Kelleher Introduction & Motivation: Poll after poll, potential crisis after potential crisis, the class concurred that, on our current trajectory, humanity is doomed, and that societal transformation has the most promise to avert such...
by meghanlong | Jun 7, 2021 | nuclear, salience, solutions
READ THE BOOK HERE: Goodnight Moon- Adapted for Doom Often referred to as “the very first book to share with a child,” Margaret Wise Brown’s “Goodnight Moon” (1947) tells the story of a little bunny, who notices the many items in his room and then bids them each...
