by Toby Ord
@tobyordoxford
This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity’s future is the central challenge of our time.
If all goes well, human history is just beginning. Our species could survive for billions of years – enough time to end disease, poverty, and injustice, and to flourish in ways unimaginable today. But this vast future is at risk. With the advent of nuclear weapons, humanity entered a new age, where we face existential catastrophes – those from which we could never come back. Since then, these dangers have only multiplied, from climate change to engineered pathogens and artificial intelligence. If we do not act fast to reach a place of safety, it will soon be too late.
Interview with the Author
The Book Club
Toby Ord: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
2/10/21 45 min
How to Academy
Toby Ord – Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
2/15/21 46 min
Vox Conversations
Toby Ord on existential risk, Donald Trump, and thinking in probabilities
4/9/20 84 min
Hidden Forces
Existential Risks & the Future of Humanity | Toby Ord
4/26/21 72 min
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Making Sense with Sam Harris
#208 – Existential Risk
6/23/20 65 min
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Political Economy with Jim Pethokoukis
Toby Ord: Existential Risk and the future of humanity
7/1/20 33 min
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