[Problem profile] ”‘S-risks’” by Benjamin Hilton

People working on *suffering risks* or *s-risks* attempt to reduce the risk of something causing vastly more suffering than has existed on Earth so far. We think research to work out how to mitigate these risks might be particularly important. You may also be able to do important work by building this field, which is currently highly neglected — with fewer than 50 people working on this worldwide.

Narrated by AI.

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Outline:

(00:09) Summary

(00:35) Our overall view

(01:02) Why might s-risks be an especially pressing problem?

(03:11) Types of s-risks

(04:23) How likely are these risks?

(05:38) What can you do to help?

(07:32) Key organisations in this space

(07:58) Learn more about s-risks

(08:41) Explore other pressing world problems

The original text contained 2 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
September 16th, 2022

Source:
https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/s-risks

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