If people get this book it’s the most important book in the history of the known universe.

This book, although written by a couple of hard core tech and science nerds, makes the case as clear for none techies as someone with their background can likely hope to make it. The message is clear stark and delivered in plain language, and never shy away from either the dangerous situation we are approaching and why we need to change our path if we want to survive. It does not claim that it is in any way easy to avoid extinction brought about by someone building superhuman AGI, but it does explain what a realistic paths towards avoiding such extinction could look like and it gives examples from history of how humanity has successfully avoided catastrophy through cooperation. Every leader of every nation, minister or member of parliament should read this book. Every big tech CEO should read it. Every earthling should read it. If enough people understand this message in time, we still have a chance for new generations of humans and life on earth to survive and flourish into the future.

This book if read and understood and taken with the seriousness it deserves, could turn out to be more important than the Bible, the Quran, the Veda, Principia, Wealth of Nations, Das Kapital combined.