Commentary Publications
Below is a list of all GCRI commentary publications. See also GCRI research publications or the full publication list. For publications on specific topics, please see our topics pages.
Baum, Seth D., 2023. Even with electric vehicles, an expanded Turnpike Extension would be bad for the environment. The Jersey Journal, 9 January.
Baum, Seth D., 2022. New York’s housing plans must address affordability-& climate change. City Limits, 29 December.
Baum, Seth D., 2022. Doing better on climate change. Effective Altruism Forum, 7 October.
Owe, Andrea, 2022. Space expansion must support sustainability - On Earth and in space. RUSI Commentary, 15 June.
Baum, Seth D., 2022. Early reflections and resources on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Effective Altruism Forum, 18 March.
Baum, Seth D., 2022. How to evaluate the risk of nuclear war. BBC Future, 10 March.
Baum, Seth D. and Jonas Schuett, 2021. The case for long-term corporate governance of AI. Effective Altruism Forum, 3 November.
de Neufville, Robert, 2020. The unthinkable is possible. California Magazine. Summer.
Brown, Jared, 2020. The Defense Production Act and the failure to prepare for catastrophic incidents. War on the Rocks, 14 April.
Baum, Seth D., 2019. Why catastrophes can change the course of humanity. BBC Future, 8 April.
Baum, Seth, 2018. The role of risk and decision analysis in global catastrophic risk reduction. GCRI Commentary 2018-1.
Baum, Seth D., 2018. Preventing an AI apocalypse. Project Syndicate, 16 May.
Baum, Seth D., 2017. Assessing global catastrophic risk. In Helen Caldicott (editor), Sleepwalking to Armageddon: The Threat of Nuclear Annihilation. New York: New Press, pages 3-10.
Baum, Seth, 2016. Space colonization and the meaning of life. Nautilus, December.
Baum, Seth, 2016. What Trump means for global catastrophic risk. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 9 December.
Baum, Seth, 2016. Should we let uploaded brains take over the world? Scientific American Blogs, 18 October.
Baum, Seth, 2016. Tackling near and far AI threats at once. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 6 October.
Baum, Seth, 2015. Japan should restart more nuclear power plants. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 20 October.
Baum, Seth, 2015. Antinuclear Austria should lead the way on nuclear power. Scientific American Blogs, 29 September.
Baum, Seth, 2015. A picture's power to prevent. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 5 August.
Baum, Seth, 2015. Breaking down the risk of nuclear deterrence failure. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 27 July.
Baum, Seth and Trevor White, 2015. When robots kill. The Guardian Political Science blog, 23 June.
Baum, Seth, 2015. Should nuclear devices be used to stop asteroids? Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 17 June.
Baum, Seth, 2015. Is stratospheric geoengineering worth the risk? Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 5 June.
Baum, Seth, 2015. The risk of nuclear winter. Public Interest Reports, vol. 68, no. 2.
Baum, Seth, 2015. On winter-safe deterrence and interdisciplinary research. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2 April.
Baum, Seth, 2015. On winter-safe deterrence and biological weapons. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 20 March.
Baum, Seth, 2015. Getting smart about global catastrophes. Medium, 16 March.
Baum, Seth, 2015. Deterrence, without nuclear winter. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 9 March.
Baum, Seth, 2015. What are the best ways to prevent global catastrophe? Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, 26 February.
Baum, Seth, 2015. Stopping killer robots and other future threats. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 22 February.
Baum, Seth, 2015. Support the Austria Pledge. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 27 January.
Baum, Seth, 2014. Nuclear war, the black swan we can never see. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 21 November.
Baum, Seth, 2014. The lesson of Lake Toba. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 21 October.
Baum, Seth, 2014. Planetary boundaries and global catastrophic risk. Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, 21 October.
Baum, Seth, 2014. Best and worst case scenarios for Ukraine crisis: World peace and nuclear war. Huffington Post, 7 March.
de Neufville, Robert, 2014. One cannot live in the cradle forever. FQXi Essay Contest, Spring.
de Neufville, Robert, 2014. What's at stake for the world in Ukraine. Anthropocene blog, 2 March.
Baum, Seth, 2013. Our Final Invention: Is AI the defining issue for humanity? Scientific American Blogs, 11 October.
Baum, Seth, 2013. Taming the gigaton gorilla: Using Syria diplomacy to help avoid U.S.-Russia nuclear war. The Huffington Post, 15 September.
de Neufville, Robert, 2013. The Sentinel Mission, Anthropocene blog, 17 August.
Baum, Seth, 2013. Making the universe a better place. Current Exchange/Technophilic Magazine, Spring, pages 22-23.
de Neufville, Robert, 2013. The end of scarcity. Anthropocene blog, 11 June.
de Neufville, Robert, 2013. The sixth extinction – Book review: Scatter, Adapt, and Remember. Anthropocene blog, 27 May.
Baum, Seth and Grant Wilson, 2013. How to create an international treaty for emerging technologies. Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, 21 February.
Baum, Seth, 2013. When global catastrophes collide: The climate engineering double catastrophe. Scientific American Blogs, 6 February.
Baum, Seth, 2013. Seven reasons for integrated emerging technologies governance. Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, 23 January.
de Neufville, Robert, 2013. Have we reached the limits to growth? Anthropocene blog, 14 January.
Wilson, Grant, 2012. Emerging technologies: Should they be internationally regulated? Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, 21 December.
Baum, Seth, 2012. Hurricane Sandy hints at the perils of global catastrophe. Scientific American Blogs, 6 November.
Baum, Seth, 2012. Anticipating catastrophe. FutureChallenges, 26 September.
Baum, Seth, 2012. Earth Day, conspiracy and world government. FutureChallenges, 23 April.
Baum, Seth, 2012. Global disaster recovery. FutureChallenges, 17 April.