Bi-Weekly Meetup: Suffering Risks and Suffering-Focused Ethics

When: 5:00-7:30 pm
Where: Beeminder's (Daniel Reeves's) House at 3246 NE 57th Ave, Portland, OR 97213

Topic:
"Will we go extinct, or will we succeed in building a flourishing utopia? Discussions about the future trajectory of humanity often center around these two possibilities, which tends to ignore that survival does not always imply utopian outcomes, or that outcomes where humans go extinct could differ tremendously in how much suffering they contain."

A suffering risk or s-risk is anything that might cause extreme amounts of suffering in the future. Suffering-focused ethics encompasses any ethical framework that prioritizes reducing suffering.

Suggested reading: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/peXSqaEhyXMqyMq9i/crosspost-reducing-risks-of-astronomical-suffering-a

Contact:
Lead: Isabel at 972-263-3247 or isabelhasse2@gmail.com
Support: Lukas at 503-812-5740