British philosopher at Oxford — author of The Precipice — co-founder of Giving What We Can — who focuses on existential risk (threats that could permanently destroy civilization) and is a leading figure in the longtermism movement.
Creates the most systematic framework for existential risk analysis — The Precipice's taxonomy of existential risks (natural vs. anthropogenic, by probability and severity) and its argument for treating existential risk reduction as the highest moral priority is the most philosophically rigorous treatment of longtermism available.
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