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Avoiding the Worst
How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe
Author: Tobias Baumann
Narrator: Adrian Nelson
Unabridged: 2 hr 41 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Center for Reducing Suffering
Published: 04/19/2023
Category: Social Science - Future Studies
Includes: Bonus Material
Synopsis
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.