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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