Samuel’s Reviews > The Precipice > Status Update

The book so far has largely been an encyclopedia of all the ways the world could hypothetically end with some heuristic calculations to quantify risk.

Interesting stuff...

Effective Altruists love Vasily Akhipov, that's for sure. This first chapter has provided a strong overview of the circumstances that have led to where humanity is today and defined why the next millennia might be so perilous.

We have through our intellect brought about dramatic material progress on the average but also given ourselves a massive chance to shoot ourselves in the foots collectively.