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Here we consider the possibility of global catastrophe from forces that are mostly out of human control. These causes include the Earth being struck by a large asteroid, explosion of a super volcano, and gamma ray bursts from the universe. Some potential technological threats are considered such as physics experiments gone wrong and global takeover by artificial intelligence. The religious depictions of global calamity and the possibility for societal collapse are also considered.
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Dodds, W. (2019). Apocalypse. In: The World's Worst Problems . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30410-2_3
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