The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity

Ord, Toby

ISBN 10: 0316484911 / ISBN 13: 9780316484916

Published by Grand Central Publishing, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316484911
• ISBN 13: 9780316484916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

In this urgent and “thrillingly written” book, there is a case and solution for humanity’s last shot at survival (Sunday Times).

Humanity’s future is at risk. We face existential catastrophes, climate change, nuclear war, and more. If we do not act fast to reach a place of safety, it will soon be too late.

Drawing on over a decade of research, The Precipice explores the cutting-edge science behind the risks we face. And it points the way forward, to the actions and strategies that can safeguard humanity.

An Oxford philosopher, Toby Ord has advised the US National Intelligence Council, the UK Prime Minister's Office, and the World Bank on the biggest questions facing humanity. In The Precipice, he offers a startling reassessment of human history, the future we are failing to protect, and the steps we must take to ensure that our generation is not the last.

"A book that seems made for the present moment." —New Yorker

About the Author

Toby Ord is a philosopher at Oxford University, working on the big picture questions facing humanity. His earlier work explored the ethics of global poverty, leading him to make a lifelong pledge to donate 10% of his income to the most effective charities helping improve the world. He created a society, Giving What We Can, for people to join this mission, and together its members have pledged over $1.5 billion. He then broadened these ideas by co-founding the Effective Altruism movement in which thousands of people are using reason and evidence to help the lives of others as much as possible. His current research is on risks that threaten human extinction or the permanent collapse of civilization, and on how to safeguard humanity through these dangers, which he considers to be among the most pressing and neglected issues we face. Toby has advised the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the World Economic Forum, the US National Intelligence Council, and the UK Prime Minister's Office.