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the precipice contact us use the form on the right to contact us you can edit the text in this area and change where the contact form on the right submits to by entering edit mode using the modes on the bottom right form block this form needs a storage option double click here to edit this form and tell us where to save form submissions in the storage tab learn more 123 street avenue city town 99999 123 555 6789 email address com you can set your address phone number email and site description in the settings tab link to read me page with more information about purchase author faq resources the precipice info email search menu the precipice info email search about purchase author faq resources about a powerfully argued book that alerts us to what is perhaps the most important and yet also most neglected problem we will ever face peter singer buy the book humanity stands at a precipice our species could survive for millions of generations enough time to end disease poverty and injustice to reach new heights of flourishing but this vast future is at risk with the advent of nuclear weapons humanity entered a new age gaining the power to destroy ourselves without the wisdom to ensure we won t since then these dangers have only multiplied from climate change to engineered pandemics and unaligned artificial intelligence if we do not act fast to reach a place of safety it may soon be too late the precipice explores the science behind the risks we face it puts them in the context of the greater story of humanity showing how ending these risks is among the most pressing moral issues of our time and it points toward longtermism to the actions and strategies we can take today to safeguard humanity s long run future what people are saying a book that seems made for the present moment readers may find the sections that argue for why humanity deserves saving and why we re equipped to face the challenges even more arresting than the array of potential cataclysms new yorker splendid the precipice is a powerful book written with a philosopher s eye ord s love for humanity and hope for its future is infectious spectator many people have recently found that they want to read books offering the grandest perspectives possible on human existence such as sapiens toby ord s new book is a startling and rigorous contribution to this genre that deserves to be just as widely read evening standard meticulous in how it goes through and breaks down these threats and forces itself not to stop on easy answers and to be really rigorous nate silver founder of fivethirtyeight the precipice separates science from hype and will remain the definitive work on existential risk for a long time to come max tegmark author of life 3 0 this book is a wake up call to the existential threats of nuclear and biological weapons and the urgent need for action a must read that galvanizes us to play a role in addressing these risks angela kane former un high representative for disarmament affairs a fascinating and persuasive guide to the most important topic of all how our species will survive the risks we pose to our continued existence stuart russell author of human compatible i very much recommend it a careful and comprehensive analysis of one of the most important questions the existential risks that humanity is facing i hope many will read this book and learn as much as i did max roser founder of our world in data toby ord is today s carl sagan clear and inspiring this book leaves us hopeful for a flourishing human future christine peterson cofounder of the foresight institute right hand text