This is a reading of a popular post from Tobias Baumann, on the CRS website. 

"Among the myriad ways to do good, should averting ⁠risks of astronomical suffering⁠ (s-risks) be our main priority? The case for a focus on s-risks rests on a combination of the following:

In the following, I will outline key arguments for and against each of these premises. Most of those are not novel, and I will mostly refer the reader to existing work. The contribution of this article is to compile an even-handed overview of the ideas that underpin a focus on s-risks, as well as possible reasons to reject such a focus in favor of other priorities."

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This is a reading of a popular post from Tobias Baumann, on the CRS website.

"Given our vast uncertainty and nearsightedness about the future, we should perhaps focus on putting society in as good a position as possible to address the challenges of the future. Or, put differently, we should optimise for a proxy along the lines of “how well is society working in 2100. 

"One important dimension of this is a functional political system. Efforts to avoid harmful political and social dynamics, and to strengthen democratic governance, are therefore of interest to effective altruists...."

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This is a reading of a popular post from Magnus Vinding, on the CRS website. In it, he explores the many reasons to adopt a cooperative approach to altruism.

"A cooperative approach can enable positive-sum compromises, make people more willing to join our efforts, and promote collaboration with others toward shared ends. Last but not least, greater cooperation can help reduce some of the main risk factors for s-risks...

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In this audio version of a popular post on the Center For Reducing Suffering's website, we outline our thoughts on promising paths for those who wish to use their career to reduce suffering.

What we do in our professional life is arguably our best opportunity to do good, far more so than other decisions such as consumption choices or voting (which is not to say that those are not also important). Choosing a high-impact career is therefore of critical importance for aspiring effective altruists...

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In the final episode of Avoiding the Worst, Tobias explores the impact that emerging technologies like AI could have and discusses the most important things that we can do right now.

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We're really pleased to be able to share the full audio of our co-founder, Tobias Baumann's first-of-its-kind book on S-Risks.

We'll be releasing all of the chapters from Avoiding the Worst, How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe right here on this podcast feed. Tobias's book is a fantastic introduction to S-Risks and it has been professionally narrated by Adrian Nelson from the ⁠Waking Cosmos⁠ podcast.

Avoiding the Worst goes into detail on what exactly s-risks are, why they matter, and what we can do now to prevent the likelihood of them occurring, and steer our world towards a brighter future.

🎧 ⁠Listen to the full audiobook right away⁠

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In this penultimate episode, Tobias continues to look at how we can best prevent s-risks - including through moral advocacy and improving our politics.

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We're really pleased to be able to share the full audio of our co-founder, Tobias Baumann's first-of-its-kind book on S-Risks.

We'll be releasing all of the chapters from Avoiding the Worst, How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe right here on this podcast feed. Tobias's book is a fantastic introduction to S-Risks and it has been professionally narrated by Adrian Nelson from the ⁠Waking Cosmos⁠ podcast.

Avoiding the Worst goes into detail on what exactly s-risks are, why they matter, and what we can do now to prevent the likelihood of them occurring, and steer our world towards a brighter future.

🎧 ⁠Listen to the full audiobook right away⁠

📖 ⁠Download a free eBook⁠

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In this episode Tobias looks at cognitive biases that prevent us from taking s-risks seriously, and begins to explore how we can best go about reducing s-risks.

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We're really pleased to be able to share the full audio of our co-founder, Tobias Baumann's first-of-its-kind book on S-Risks.

We'll be releasing all of the chapters from Avoiding the Worst, How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe right here on this podcast feed. Tobias's book is a fantastic introduction to S-Risks and it has been professionally narrated by Adrian Nelson from the ⁠Waking Cosmos⁠ podcast.

Avoiding the Worst goes into detail on what exactly s-risks are, why they matter, and what we can do now to prevent the likelihood of them occurring, and steer our world towards a brighter future.

🎧 ⁠Listen to the full audiobook right away⁠

📖 ⁠Download a free eBook⁠

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🌎 ⁠Learn more about the Center for Reducing Suffering⁠

⁠📧 Sign up for the CRS Newsletter⁠

Episode 3 explores the arguments around whether we should focus on reducing suffering and why we would focus on preventing worst case outcomes.

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We're really pleased to be able to share the full audio of our co-founder, Tobias Baumann's first-of-its-kind book on S-Risks.

We'll be releasing all of the chapters from Avoiding the Worst, How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe right here on this podcast feed. Tobias's book is a fantastic introduction to S-Risks and it has been professionally narrated by Adrian Nelson from the ⁠Waking Cosmos⁠ podcast.

Avoiding the Worst goes into detail on what exactly s-risks are, why they matter, and what we can do now to prevent the likelihood of them occurring, and steer our world towards a brighter future.

🎧 ⁠Listen to the full audiobook right away⁠

📖 ⁠Download a free eBook⁠

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In Episode 2 Tobias explores the different types of S-Risks and whether we should focus on the long term future.

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We're really pleased to be able to share the full audio of our co-founder, Tobias Baumann's first-of-its-kind book on S-Risks.

We'll be releasing all of the chapters from Avoiding the Worst, How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe right here on this podcast feed. Tobias's book is a fantastic introduction to S-Risks and it has been professionally narrated by Adrian Nelson from the Waking Cosmos podcast.

Avoiding the Worst goes into detail on what exactly s-risks are, why they matter, and what we can do now to prevent the likelihood of them occurring, and steer our world towards a brighter future.

🎧 Listen to the full audiobook right away

📖 Download a free eBook

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🌎 Learn more about the Center for Reducing Suffering

📧 Sign up for the CRS Newsletter

Welcome to the new podcast from the Center for Reducing Suffering

We're really pleased to be able to share the full audio of our co-founder, Tobias Baumann's first-of-its-kind book on S-Risks.

We'll be releasing all of the chapters from Avoiding the Worst, How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe right here on this podcast feed. Tobias's book is a fantastic introduction to S-Risks and it has been professionally narrated by Adrian Nelson from the Waking Cosmos podcast.

Avoiding the Worst goes into detail on what exactly s-risks are, why they matter, and what we can do now to prevent the likelihood of them occurring, and steer our world towards a brighter future.

🎧 Listen to the full audiobook right away

📖 Download a free eBook

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🌎 Learn more about the Center for Reducing Suffering

📧 Sign up for the CRS Newsletter