I am (clearly) not Tobias, but I’d expect many people familiar with EA and LW would get something new out of Ch 2, 4, 5, and 7-11. Of these, seems like the latter half of 5, 9, and 11 would be especially novel if you’re already familiar with the basics of s-risks along the lines of the intro resources that CRS and CLR have published. I think the content of 7 and 10 is sufficiently crucial that it’s probably worth reading even if you’ve checked out those older resources, despite some overlap.
I don’t need to be persuaded to care about animal/​insect/​machine suffering in the first place.
That’s great, because that is also the starting point of my book. From the introduction:
Before I dive deeper, I should clarify the values that underlie this book. A key principle is impartiality: suffering matters equally irrespective of who experiences it. In particular, I believe we should care about all sentient beings, including nonhuman animals. Similarly, I believe suffering matters equally regardless of when it is experienced. A future individual is no less (and no more) deserving of moral consideration than someone alive now. So the fact that a moral catastrophe takes place in the distant future does not reduce the urgency of preventing it, if we have the means to do so. I will assume that you broadly agree with these fundamental values, which form the starting point of the book.
That is, I’m not dwelling on an argument for these fundamental values, as that can be found elsewhere.
I am (clearly) not Tobias, but I’d expect many people familiar with EA and LW would get something new out of Ch 2, 4, 5, and 7-11. Of these, seems like the latter half of 5, 9, and 11 would be especially novel if you’re already familiar with the basics of s-risks along the lines of the intro resources that CRS and CLR have published. I think the content of 7 and 10 is sufficiently crucial that it’s probably worth reading even if you’ve checked out those older resources, despite some overlap.
I agree with this answer.
That’s great, because that is also the starting point of my book. From the introduction:
That is, I’m not dwelling on an argument for these fundamental values, as that can be found elsewhere.