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  • Avoiding the Worst

  • How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe
  • By: Tobias Baumann
  • Narrated by: Adrian Nelson
  • Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary

How can we avoid worst-case scenarios?

From Nineteen Eighty-Four to Black Mirror, we are all familiar with the tropes of dystopian science fiction. But what if worst-case scenarios could actually become reality? And what if we could do something now to put the world on a better path?

In Avoiding the Worst, Tobias Baumann lays out the concept of risks of future suffering (s-risks). With a focus on s-risks that are both realistic and avoidable, he argues that we have strong reasons to consider their reduction a top priority. Finally, he turns to the question of what we can do to help steer the world away from s-risks and towards a brighter future.
©2022 Tobias Baumann (P)2023 Tobias Baumann
Future Studies Linguistics Thought-Provoking Science Fiction
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Very important topic, compelling argument

One of very few books on this topic, I can’t believe there aren’t more. Hopefully this book will inspire more work. Thoughtful, important arguments by the author. Though I think I’m left more compelled by Magnus Vinding’s books on adjacent topics, I think this may be a matter of taste and interests, and this book will likely appeal to many people on this extremely important topic.

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