Arguments For and Against a Focus on S-Risks - Audio Article
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Arguments For and Against a Focus on S-Risks - Audio Article
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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:
- Longtermism: We should focus on improving the long-term future, rather than trying to help those alive now or in the near future.
- Suffering focus: We should give priority to avoiding severe suffering or other large-scale harm, compared to other goals such as ensuring a flourishing future for humanity. (This can be justified on normative or empirical grounds.)
- Worst-case focus: The most effective way to reduce expected suffering in the long-term is to focus on preventing particularly bad outcomes.
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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