📚 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.../
