Mid-2000s Oxford philosophy: where existential risk thinking took root
wearsshoes · x · 2026-09-24
In an exchange with Anders Sandberg, wearsshoes reflects that mid-2000s Oxford philosophy must have been a fascinating place — the milieu where existential risk research and effective altruism both took root.
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