The Anti-Catastrophe League

“Consummate” – The Times

“Darkly entertaining” – The Spectator

My book, published in 2025, brings together, and makes accessible to the public, much of the writing and research I’ve produced from 2022 onward.

It draws on 100+ interviews, encompassing:

• The first human attempt to deflect an asteroid;

• The controversial matter of geoengineering, both of volcanoes and of the climate;

• The mysterious fate of the Future of Humanity Institute;

• The race to make AI technically safe, and the foundation, by an unlikely group, of the British institute that assesses the danger of new AI models;

• The disputed existential catastrophe that is human ageing;

• Cutting-edge methods of harnessing geothermal power, and, relatedly, the world’s deepest hole.

I wrote it in Berkeley, California, while a visiting fellow at Constellation, an AI research centre.

You can buy it via the usual platforms, summarised here. Americans can buy it here.

Naturally, my thinking has evolved since I conceived of the book and wrote it. You can find a coda of sorts here. I expect I’ll have more to add by the time the paperback is out.