Risking Our Very Existence

In case you missed it, here is a video of a fascinating talk by Martin Rees followed by a panel discussion with other Harvard experts on the environmental downsides of our society’s rapidly advancing technological development. Rees and the other panelists discuss risks ranging from artificial intelligence to climate change as part of Harvard University Center for the Environment’s Science & Democracy lecture series. The panel featured other Harvard luminaries including Shiela Jasanoff, Sven Beckert, George Daley, Jennifer Hochschild and Daniel Schrag.