The Anti-Catastrophe League

My book, published in July 2025, brings together much of the writing and research I’ve produced from 2022 onward. It was named one of the best books of the year by Waterstones. The Times called it “consummate and thorough”, and The Spectator called it “darkly entertaining”.

The book 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 safe;

• 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.