Many theories of value imply that even relatively
small reductions in net existential risk have enormous expected value.
Despite their importance, issues surrounding human-extinction risks and related
hazards remain poorly understood. In this paper, I clarify the concept of
existential risk and develop an improved classification scheme. I discuss
the relation between existential risks and basic issues in axiology, and show
how existential risk reduction (via the maxipok rule) can serve as a strongly
action-guiding principle for utilitarian concerns. I also show how the
notion of existential risk suggests a new way of thinking about the ideal of
sustainability.
When
we peer into the fog of the deep future what do we see – human
extinction or a future among the stars
Source:
http://www.existential-risk.org/
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