For a long time the foundations of research regarding the concept of global catastrophic risks have been dominated by the ideas and concept presented by the philosopher Nick Bostrom from the Future of Humanity Institute Oxford and astronomer Milan M. Ćirković in their book "Global Catastrophic Risks" from 2008. The book was an effort to redirect the course of research towards more integrated efforts, which particularly succeeded through the impact of Bostrom's later book "Superintelligence" in 2014.
Could a shift in the paradigm of global catastrophic risk and existential risk be at hand? The report Identifying and Assessing the Drivers of Global Catastrophic Risk published through the Global Challenges Foundation does indicate so.
Dr. Simon Beard is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk CSER in Cambridge. Phil Torres is an author and scholar, published widely on emerging technologies, terrorism, and existential risks.
The field of studying global catastrophic risks seems to have taken an interesting turn.
