The Precipice

This book by Toby Ord has been genuinely recommended 2 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Will MacAskill, guest. It comes up in conversations about gut health, longevity & aging, productivity & performance. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from May 2022 and the most recent from Aug 2022. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “one is the precipice by my colleague Toby Ord who I co-founded giving what we can with back in 2009 and it's on the topic of existential risks”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “I think it's just like absolutely necessary as a read”
  Will MacAskill · The Tim Ferriss Show · Aug 202200:02:36

  Said during "Will MacAskill of Effective Altruism Fame, The Value of Longtermism, AI, and How to Save the World". The episode features Will MacAskill: Associate professor of philosophy at Oxford, co-founder of Giving What We Can, the Centre for Effective Altruism and 80,000 Hours, and author of 'What We Owe the Future'. Philosopher Will MacAskill explains longtermism, existential risks from AI, pandemics and war, and why the vast future is worth protecting.

• “ever since really the first nuclear test when they uh tony orb has a great book about this called the precipice where the precipice for humanity”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “has a great book about this”
  guest · Lex Fridman Podcast · May 202200:12:56

  Said during "Chris Mason: Space Travel, Colonization, and Long-Term Survival in Space | Lex Fridman Podcast #283". The episode features Chris Mason: Professor of genomics, physiology and biophysics at Cornell who runs molecular experiments on astronauts in space, including NASA's famous twin study. Author of 'The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds.'. A Cornell geneticist makes the case that humanity has a duty to engineer life itself to survive and spread across the cosmos.