Rees M. Our Final Hour

Basic Books, 2004, 206 pages, ISBN: 0465068634Our Final Hour is a book by the British Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees. Rees predicts that one of the two following outcomes is inevitable for humanity:
- Human extinction, as a result of the runaway effects of new technology (e.g. nanotechnology) or uncontrolled scientific research; terrorist or fundamentalist violence; or destruction of the biosphere; or
- Human expansion throughout space, by minimising, avoiding or overcoming these problems.
In order to avoid human extinction, Rees advocates control of scientific research worldwide, and control of open access to such research.