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longtermrisk.org
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| | | | | Suffering risks, or s-risks, are "risks of events that bring about suffering in cosmically significant amounts" (Althaus and Gloor 2016).1 This article will discuss why the reduction of s-risks could be a candidate for a top priority among altruistic causes aimed at influencing the long-term future. The number of sentient beings in the future might be astronomical, and certain cultural, evolutionary, and technological forces could cause many of these beings to have lives dominated by severe suffering. S-... | |
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www.finmoorhouse.com
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| | | | | A chapter-by-chapter summary of the book What We Owe The Future. | |
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www.newyorker.com
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| | | | | Matthew Hutson on technologists' warnings about the dangers of the so-called singularity, and the question of whether anything can be done to prevent it. | |
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www.nextgov.com
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| | | President Donald Trump's nominee to run DHS wants the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to be smaller and stay out of monitoring disinfo. | ||
