The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity by Toby Ord
Publication Date - March 24, 2020
4 stars
What is existential risk and what is our moral obligation to generations of humans in the future of the world? These are the types of questions posed by this book. The author points out that most of humanity is in the future, as a species we are still young, but we currently have the ability to wipe out every living human in existence. I have read a lot of end of the world books (too many, to be honest) but this is probably the most philosophical look at the decisions that we make now and have made in the past. At times, this whole book felt like a long introductory chapter but I did find myself highlighting many questions that I just hadn't considered before. There are snippets of this book that I wrote down and will continue to ponder. I received a digital ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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