The last humans : UFOs, global security, and the threat to state sovereignty / Alexander Wendt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wendt, Alexander, 1966- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Unidentified flying objects--Sightings and encounters.

Unidentified flying objects.

Unidentified flying objects--Government policy--United States.

Unidentified flying objects--Social aspects--United States.

Security, International.

Sovereignty.

Genre:

Popular works

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press USA, 2026.

Summary:

"Discovering that ETs are responsible for UFOs would be the most important event in human history. Not only would we finally solve the UFO mystery and learn that we are not alone in the universe. Discovering ETs so close to home might also lead quickly to Contact, and with it to fabulous new knowledge, wisdom, and technology. The potential benefits to humanity are incalculable. Yet discovering ETs locally could also be dangerous, because it would force us to reckon with a frightening prospect: that They are Here Now, in our home, on our planet. And judging from the aerial feats UFOs perform, their occupants are far more advanced technologically than we are, and thus far more powerful too. So powerful, in fact, that they might pose an existential risk to human civilization, whether they mean to or not. Following Nick Bostrom, an existential risk is a risk so great that it could wipe humanity out completely, or at least massively reduce our ability to flourish -- like climate change, asteroid impacts, pandemics, and perhaps AI"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: The UFO taboo and its coming demise

The trouble with aliens

Institutional change after the Pentagon report

Discovering superior intelligence

Ontological security and the anthropocentric state

Autoimmunity from wonder to greed

UAP regimes and terrestrial populism

Conclusion: The last humans and self-determination.

ISBN:

9780197841174

9780197841198