Annie Jacobsen is a journalist, investigative reporter and an author.

For decades, nuclear war has been humanity’s greatest existential fear. But the next global catastrophe may not arrive with a mushroom cloud—it could begin inside a laboratory. What would a biological attack actually look like, how quickly would it spread, and could humanity survive it?

Mentioned Books

The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
“it has far outpaced the defense department. Now, you're talking to someone who wrote a book on DARPA called the Pentagon's Brain. It published 10 years ago, 11 years ago. And I, at that point, would have told you 11 years ago, and I write in the book,”
The Precipice by Toby Ord
“Jared, can you do a search for me please? Search Toby Ord, O-R-D, the precipice, risk chart. It should be an image.”