📚 Join us for a discussion of Avoiding the Worst: How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe by Tobias Baumann
From 1984 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) and argues that we have strong reasons to consider their reduction a top priority.
We understand that you might not have time to read the entire book, so we’ve curated a list of shorter resources for you to read, listen to, or watch as an alternative:
EA Book+ Discussions—Avoiding the Worst: How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe
📚 Join us for a discussion of Avoiding the Worst: How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe by Tobias Baumann
From 1984 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) and argues that we have strong reasons to consider their reduction a top priority.
Both the book and audiobook are available for free:
📖 Book (100 pages)
https://​​centerforreducingsuffering.org/​​.../​​avoiding-the.../​​
🎧 Audiobook (2h40)
https://​​www.youtube.com/​​watch?v=ZuMFTv-MLEw
We understand that you might not have time to read the entire book, so we’ve curated a list of shorter resources for you to read, listen to, or watch as an alternative:
🎧 (1h30) Podcast
Part 1: https://​​futureoflife.org/​​.../​​tobias-baumann-on.../​​
Part 2: https://​​futureoflife.org/​​.../​​tobias-baumann-on-space.../​​
📖 (10min) S-risks: An introduction https://​​centerforreducingsuffering.org/​​research/​​intro/​​
If you want to go a bit deeper:
📖 (5 min) A typology of s-risks
https://​​centerforreducingsuffering.org/​​.../​​a-typology-of.../​​
📖 (10 min) Arguments for and against a focus on s-risks https://​​centerforreducingsuffering.org/​​.../​​arguments-for.../​​
📖 (10 min) How can we reduce s-risks? https://​​centerforreducingsuffering.org/​​.../​​how-can-we.../​​