{"id":385988,"date":"2018-11-21T17:55:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T16:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-will-technology-cause-humanity-to-self-destruct\/"},"modified":"2018-11-21T17:55:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T16:55:11","slug":"prison-planet-com-will-technology-cause-humanity-to-self-destruct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-will-technology-cause-humanity-to-self-destruct\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Will technology cause humanity to self-destruct?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6410971\/Will-technological-progress-humanity-risk-destroying-ourselves.html\"><strong>Daily Mail<\/strong><\/a><br \/>November 21, 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><strong>Technology may provide the solutions to some of the world\u2019s most pressing concerns \u2013 but if we\u2019re not careful, it could also bring about the downfall of humanity, a new paper warns.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The <a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/nickbostrom.com\/papers\/vulnerable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">paper <\/a>titled The Vulnerable World Hypothesis investigates the possibility of the emergence of technology that is both destructive on a large scale, and easy to access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While humankind has already created technology that has the potential for mass devastation, such as nuclear weaponry, such developments have been limited by a number of factors, including cost and rarity of the materials required to make them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But, according to Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom, that\u2019s only because we\u2019ve been \u2018lucky\u2019 thus far.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6410971\/Will-technological-progress-humanity-risk-destroying-ourselves.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Wednesday, November 21, 2018  at  8:07 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/will-technology-cause-humanity-to-self-destruct.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/will-technology-cause-humanity-to-self-destruct.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily MailNovember 21, 2018 Technology may provide the solutions to some of the world\u2019s most pressing concerns \u2013 but if we\u2019re not careful, it could also bring about the downfall of humanity, a new paper warns. 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