Books
- Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy, ISBN 0-415-93858-9
- Global Catastrophic Risks, edited by Nick Bostrom, ISBN 978-0-19-857050-9
- Human Enhancement, edited by Julian Savulescu and Nick Bostrom, ISBN 0-19-929972-2
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