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Summary

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.

Duration: about 3 hours (02:40:08)
Publishing date: 2023-04-19; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

• Humanities & Social Sciences