Citation

Matheny JG. Risk Anal. 2007; 27(5): 1335-1344.

Affiliation

Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. jmatheny@jhsph.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Society for Risk Analysis, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00960.x

PMID

18076500

Abstract

In this century a number of events could extinguish humanity. The probability of these events may be very low, but the expected value of preventing them could be high, as it represents the value of all future human lives. We review the challenges to studying human extinction risks and, by way of example, estimate the cost effectiveness of preventing extinction-level asteroid impacts.

Language: en