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S-risk

TagLast edit: 16 Jun 2022 19:20 UTC by Pablo

An s-risk, or suffering risk, is a risk involving the creation of suffering on an astronomical scale.

Evaluation

80,000 Hours rates s-risks a “potential highest priority area”: an issue that, if more thoroughly examined, could rank as a top global challenge.[1]

Further reading

Althaus, David & Lukas Gloor (2019) Reducing risks of astronomical suffering: a neglected priority, Center on Long-Term Risk, August.

Baumann, Tobias (2017) S-risks: an introduction, Center for Reducing Suffering, August 15.

Tomasik, Brian (2019) Risks of astronomical future suffering, Center on Long-Term Risk, July 2.

Related entries

Center for Reducing Suffering | Center on Long-Term Risk | ethics of existential risk | hellish existential catastrophe | pain and suffering | suffering-focused ethics

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    80,000 Hours (2022) Our current list of pressing world problems, 80,000 Hours.

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1 comment22 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

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1 comment1 min readEA link
(s-risks.org)

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42 points
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(centerforreducingsuffering.org)

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341 points
93 comments37 min readEA link

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142 points
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104 points
9 comments6 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

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40 points
3 comments1 min readEA link
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64 points
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9 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

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12 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
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7 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

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48 points
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82 points
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18 comments4 min readEA link

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48 comments3 min readEA link

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33 points
7 comments3 min readEA link

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63 points
31 comments8 min readEA link

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29 points
0 comments5 min readEA link
(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

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60 points
12 comments4 min readEA link

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10 points
0 comments8 min readEA link

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26 points
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51 points
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35 points
2 comments2 min readEA link
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89 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

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5 comments16 min readEA link

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3 comments1 min readEA link
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78 points
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5 comments16 min readEA link

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13 points
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89 points
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