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against utopia
Author_SJ Beard
can humanity survive
can we hope for a better future
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centre for the study of existential risk
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existential risk
existential risk studies
future of humanity
future studies
futures studies
how do we fix the world's problems
how to stop feeling anxious
human extinction
is the end of the world nigh
is there any hope for humanity
SJ Beard
what is existential hope
what is existential risk
what's the opposite of utopia
will AI take over
will humanity survive
will things get better
Product details
- ISBN 9781509563043
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 158 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 19 Sep 2025
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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We live in an era of existential risk, facing multiple threats to the survival of our species. We also face an epidemic of existential anxiety, struggling to find meaning and purpose in a complex and dehumanizing world. In such times, hope can be hard to find.
Yet, we are not alone with these problems. They have troubled people for centuries now and, with eight billion fellow human beings to work with, we can and will rise to their challenge.
In this wide-ranging exploration of humanity’s existential predicament, SJ Beard, philosopher, futurist, and pioneer of Existential Risk Studies, takes stock of why humanity got into this mess, what we have learned about ourselves, and how we can move forward in our quest for meaning, safety, and flourishing.
Ultimately, SJ argues, our future depends on breaking free from a sense of individual powerlessness to discover shared hopes, collective wisdom, and common humanity, then using them to address the many challenges we face.
SJ Beard is Academic Programme Manager and Senior Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge.
