Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2020-10-08
Books mentioned on Why Is No One Talking About Existential Risk? - Mara Cortona - #229
Mara Cortona is the Executive Director of the Astropolitics Institute and Founder of Nöonaut. The world is going to end.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Precipice
The Precipice by Toby Ord is a comprehensive examination of existential risks and the potential futures facing humanity.
Discussed“the interesting thing that i learned upon reading toby odds the precipice which is going to contribute to a big chunk of my understanding”
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Children of Ruin
Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky is an imaginative science fiction novel that explores deep space exploration, alien encounters, and the evolutionary development of non-human intelligence, notably octopuses.
Recommended“for all the adrian tchaikovsky and children of children of ruin might want that to be the case he genetically modified some octopuses octopi in that and then they're flying around in big orbs of what a wonderful book if anyone wants to read something that'll make your brain explode”
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Superintelligence
Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom is an influential examination of the potential risks and pathways associated with the emergence of artificial general intelligence surpassing human cognitive capabilities.
Discussed“and kind of sad it is melancholy isn't it like when i find myself i find myself feeling sort of very melancholic after i read stuff like super intelligence by nick bostrom or uh the precipice by toby ort”
