Émile P. Torres
Person on 3 sites
Philosopher and historian of human extinction. Published a book defending existential-risk reduction in 2017, then became the most-cited critic of…
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
Updated 2026-11-02 -
8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Longtermism, which treats fulfilling humanity's long-term potential as the overriding moral priority, is a worldview worth defending. (opens korrents.com)
“I believe this needs to change because, as a former longtermist who published an entire book four years ago in defence of the general idea, I have come to see this worldview as quite possibly the most dangerous secular…”
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Making humanity's long-term potential the overriding priority licenses imposing real costs on people who are alive today. (opens korrents.com)
“The short answer is that elevating the fulfilment of humanity’s supposed potential above all else could nontrivially increase the probability that actual people – those alive today and in the near future – suffer…”
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Longtermism is not the same thing as caring about the long-term future or about future generations; it goes far beyond that. (opens korrents.com)
“The initial thing to notice is that longtermism, as proposed by Bostrom and Beckstead, is not equivalent to ‘caring about the long term’ or ‘valuing the wellbeing of future generations’.”
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Longtermism, which treats fulfilling humanity's long-term potential as the overriding moral priority, is a worldview worth defending. (opens korrents.com)
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2 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Nerd Reich (opens rcmnd.app)
“It's honestly one of the best books I've read in a very long time. If you haven't bought a copy, I'd recommend doing so right away.”
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Goliath's Curse (opens rcmnd.app)
“I just finished reading Luke Kemp's recent book Goliath's Curse, and I'd highly recommend it to readers of this newsletter.”
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The Nerd Reich (opens rcmnd.app)