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Worst Cases

Lee Clarke

Al Qaeda detonates a nuclear weapon in Times Square during rush hour, wiping out half of Manhattan and killing 500,000 people. A virulent strain of bird flu jumps to humans in Thailand, sweeps across Asia, and claims more than fifty million lives. A...

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Opening Credits

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Preface

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Chapter 1: Worst Cases: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid

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Chapter 2: The Sky Could Be Falling: Globally Relevant Disasters and the Perils of Probabilism

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Chapter 3: What’s the Worst That Can Happen?

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Chapter 4: Power, Politics, and Panic in Worst Cases

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Chapter 5: Silver Linings: The Good from the Worst

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Chapter 6: Living and Dying in Worst Case Worlds

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Closing Notes

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