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The Reducing Suffering Podcast

Center for Reducing Suffering

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/31d. Total Eps: 10

Welcome to the new podcast from the Center for Reducing Suffering. Our mission is to reduce severe suffering, taking all sentient beings into account. We develop ethical views that give priority to suffering, and research how to best reduce suffering. Our top priority is to avoid worst-case futures. We are working on a new podcast, and in the meantime we're delighted to share the full audiobook of Avoiding the Worst: How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe by Tobias Baumann. Subscribe now so you don't miss our new episodes when they are ready.

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23/12/2024
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https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/XyCLLYkBCPw44jpmQ/new-book-on-s-risks
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https://centerforreducingsuffering.org/about-us/
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Arguments For and Against a Focus on S-Risks - Audio Article

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 • Duration 23:02

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."

⁠⁠Read the full post⁠⁠⁠ including footnotes, references and acknowledgements:

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Improving Our Political System: An Overview - Audio Article

Thursday, February 29, 2024 • Duration 07:15

This is a reading of a popular post from Tobias Baumann, on the CRS website.

"Given our vast uncertainty and nearsightedness about the future, we should perhaps focus on putting society in as good a position as possible to address the challenges of the future. Or, put differently, we should optimise for a proxy along the lines of “how well is society working in 2100.

"One important dimension of this is a functional political system. Efforts to avoid harmful political and social dynamics, and to strengthen democratic governance, are therefore of interest to effective altruists...."

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Why Altruists Should Be Cooperative - Audio Article

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 • Duration 06:01

This is a reading of a popular post from Magnus Vinding, on the CRS website. In it, he explores the many reasons to adopt a cooperative approach to altruism.

"A cooperative approach can enable positive-sum compromises, make people more willing to join our efforts, and promote collaboration with others toward shared ends. Last but not least, greater cooperation can help reduce some of the main risk factors for s-risks...

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Career Advice for Reducing Suffering - Audio Article

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 • Duration 10:27

In this audio version of a popular post on the Center For Reducing Suffering's website, we outline our thoughts on promising paths for those who wish to use their career to reduce suffering.

What we do in our professional life is arguably our best opportunity to do good, far more so than other decisions such as consumption choices or voting (which is not to say that those are not also important). Choosing a high-impact career is therefore of critical importance for aspiring effective altruists...

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Episode 6 - Avoiding the Worst: How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe by Tobias Baumann

Monday, August 21, 2023 • Duration 26:54

In the final episode of Avoiding the Worst, Tobias explores the impact that emerging technologies like AI could have and discusses the most important things that we can do right now.

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We're really pleased to be able to share the full audio of our co-founder, Tobias Baumann's first-of-its-kind book on S-Risks.

We'll be releasing all of the chapters from Avoiding the Worst, How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe right here on this podcast feed. Tobias's book is a fantastic introduction to S-Risks and it has been professionally narrated by Adrian Nelson from the ⁠Waking Cosmos⁠ podcast.

Avoiding the Worst goes into detail on what exactly s-risks are, why they matter, and what we can do now to prevent the likelihood of them occurring, and steer our world towards a brighter future.

🎧 ⁠Listen to the full audiobook right away⁠

📖 ⁠Download a free eBook⁠

🌎 ⁠Learn more about the Center for Reducing Suffering⁠

⁠📧 Sign up for the CRS Newsletter⁠

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Episode 5 - Avoiding the Worst: How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe by Tobias Baumann

Season 1 · Episode 5

Thursday, August 17, 2023 • Duration 36:00

In this penultimate episode, Tobias continues to look at how we can best prevent s-risks - including through moral advocacy and improving our politics.

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We're really pleased to be able to share the full audio of our co-founder, Tobias Baumann's first-of-its-kind book on S-Risks.

Avoiding the Worst goes into detail on what exactly s-risks are, why they matter, and what we can do now to prevent the likelihood of them occurring, and steer our world towards a brighter future.

🎧 ⁠Listen to the full audiobook right away⁠

📖 ⁠Download a free eBook⁠

🌎 ⁠Learn more about the Center for Reducing Suffering⁠

⁠📧 Sign up for the CRS Newsletter⁠

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Episode 4 - Avoiding the Worst: How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe by Tobias Baumann

Season 1 · Episode 4

Monday, August 14, 2023 • Duration 29:25

In this episode Tobias looks at cognitive biases that prevent us from taking s-risks seriously, and begins to explore how we can best go about reducing s-risks.

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We're really pleased to be able to share the full audio of our co-founder, Tobias Baumann's first-of-its-kind book on S-Risks.

Avoiding the Worst goes into detail on what exactly s-risks are, why they matter, and what we can do now to prevent the likelihood of them occurring, and steer our world towards a brighter future.

🎧 ⁠Listen to the full audiobook right away⁠

📖 ⁠Download a free eBook⁠

🌎 ⁠Learn more about the Center for Reducing Suffering⁠

⁠📧 Sign up for the CRS Newsletter⁠

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Episode 3 - Avoiding the Worst: How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe by Tobias Baumann

Season 1 · Episode 3

Thursday, August 10, 2023 • Duration 20:36

Episode 3 explores the arguments around whether we should focus on reducing suffering and why we would focus on preventing worst case outcomes.

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We're really pleased to be able to share the full audio of our co-founder, Tobias Baumann's first-of-its-kind book on S-Risks.

Avoiding the Worst goes into detail on what exactly s-risks are, why they matter, and what we can do now to prevent the likelihood of them occurring, and steer our world towards a brighter future.

🎧 ⁠Listen to the full audiobook right away⁠

📖 ⁠Download a free eBook⁠

🌎 ⁠Learn more about the Center for Reducing Suffering⁠

⁠📧 Sign up for the CRS Newsletter⁠

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Episode 2 - Avoiding the Worst: How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe by Tobias Baumann

Season 1 · Episode 2

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 • Duration 28:47

In Episode 2 Tobias explores the different types of S-Risks and whether we should focus on the long term future.

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We're really pleased to be able to share the full audio of our co-founder, Tobias Baumann's first-of-its-kind book on S-Risks.

Avoiding the Worst goes into detail on what exactly s-risks are, why they matter, and what we can do now to prevent the likelihood of them occurring, and steer our world towards a brighter future.

🎧 Listen to the full audiobook right away

📖 Download a free eBook

🌎 Learn more about the Center for Reducing Suffering

📧 Sign up for the CRS Newsletter

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Episode 1 - Avoiding the Worst: How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe by Tobias Baumann

Season 1 · Episode 1

Wednesday, June 7, 2023 • Duration 19:57

Welcome to the new podcast from the Center for Reducing Suffering

We're really pleased to be able to share the full audio of our co-founder, Tobias Baumann's first-of-its-kind book on S-Risks.

Avoiding the Worst goes into detail on what exactly s-risks are, why they matter, and what we can do now to prevent the likelihood of them occurring, and steer our world towards a brighter future.

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