Cross-posted to the EA forum

In this Rational Animations video, we discuss s-risks (risks from astronomical suffering), which involve an astronomical number of beings suffering terribly. Researchers on this topic argue that s-risks have a significant chance of occurring and that there are ways to lower that chance.

The script for this video was a winning submission to the Rational Animations Script Writing contest (https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/RH8nGG5vnuXc4eKu5/rational-animations-script-writing-contest). The first author of this post, Allen Liu, was the primary script writer with the second author (Writer) and other members of the Rational Animations writing team giving significant feedback. Outside reviewers, including authors of several of the cited sources, provided input as well. Production credits are at the end of the video. You can find the script of the video below.

Is there anything worse than humanity being driven extinct? When considering the long term future, we often [...]

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https://youtu.be/fqnJcZiDMDo

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