Émile P. Torres, PhD: @xriskology@mastodon.bida.im Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Émile P. Torres, PhD: @xriskology@mastodon.bida.im on X
New book: "Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation." Philosopher and historian, but MS in neuroscience. they/them
The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
Toby OrdÉmile P. Torres, PhD: @xriskology@mastodon.bida.imTranshumanism is a central component of contemporary longtermism. Toby Ord, for instance, makes clear in his 2020 book "The Precipice" that "fulfilling our longterm potential" will likely involve us becoming a new, radically enhanced posthuman species.
Paperback, 2021
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Jules VerneÉmile P. Torres, PhD: @xriskology@mastodon.bida.imLooking to the past can, at the very least, put AI doomerism in perspective: Probably the very first suggestion that technology can destroy humanity comes from Jules Verne's 1863 book "Five Weeks in a Balloon." One of the characters suggests that “By dint of inventing https://t.co/NQW67Tln94
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The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
Ray KurzweilÉmile P. Torres, PhD: @xriskology@mastodon.bida.imReminds me of this passage from Ray Kurzweil's 2005 book "The Singularity Is Near," in which Kurzweil has a fictional conversation with Ned Ludd. The exchange goes as follows: https://t.co/en6GY1yiBu https://t.co/p4Q9lLyYtZ
Paperback, 2006
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
Kit HeyamÉmile P. Torres, PhD: @xriskology@mastodon.bida.imJust read Dr. Kit Heyam's (@krheyam) recent book, "Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender," and thought it was great. An insightful interview with the author is here, which I'm about halfway through! https://t.co/rXWzwUhy6H
Paperback, 2024
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea
Arthur LovejoyÉmile P. Torres, PhD: @xriskology@mastodon.bida.im@lastpositivist Have you ever read "The Great Chain of Being" by Arthur Lovejoy? A great example of sprawling, cogent scholarship that synthesizes a whole bunch of fascinating stuff into a single cohesive narrative. It was an important point of reference in writing my forthcoming book!!
Paperback, 2009
$61.99$36.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Jules VerneÉmile P. Torres, PhD: @xriskology@mastodon.bida.imLooking to the past can, at the very least, put AI doomerism in perspective: Probably the very first suggestion that technology can destroy humanity comes from Jules Verne's 1863 book "Five Weeks in a Balloon." One of the characters suggests that “By dint of inventing https://t.co/NQW67Tln94
Paperback, 2020
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
What We Owe the Future
William MacaskillÉmile P. Torres, PhD: @xriskology@mastodon.bida.im@pbwinston @emilymbender @sama @OpenAI Yep, by Holden Karnofsky, an Effective Altruist and longtermist who's had a significant impact on the longtermist thinking of William MacAskill, whose book "What We Owe the Future" was promoted by Musk. Karnofsky was at OpenPhil, now at OpenAI. It's wild stuff.
Hardcover, 2022
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David GraeberÉmile P. Torres, PhD: @xriskology@mastodon.bida.imGreat talk by the brilliant @davidwengrow. I'm finally reading "The Dawn of Everything" (more than halfway through), and it's pretty incredible. Wengrow and Graeber present an oceanic mass of evidence that our standard narrative of human history is wrong. https://t.co/qVScqJJ1JM
Paperback, 2023
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Methods of Ethics
Henry SidgwickÉmile P. Torres, PhD: @xriskology@mastodon.bida.imphilosopher Henry Sidgwick famously declared the following in his 1874 book "The Methods of Ethics": https://t.co/0F9kTExJVq
Paperback, 2023
$31.89$15.94 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Methods Of Ethics: A Supplement To The First Edition--containing All The Important Additions And Alterations In The Second Edition
Henry SidgwickÉmile P. Torres, PhD: @xriskology@mastodon.bida.imphilosopher Henry Sidgwick famously declared the following in his 1874 book "The Methods of Ethics": https://t.co/0F9kTExJVq
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