RSA Conversations

Is humanity standing at a precipice?

Episode Summary

Philosopher Toby Ord explains why we need big ideas to help us reach safety before it's too late.

Episode Notes

Global crises cause big changes and reveal deep structural weaknesses.  

In this special interview series from the RSA its chief executive, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for one big idea to help build effective bridges to our new future.

Toby Ord is a Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at Oxford University and the author of The Precipice: existential risk and the future of humanity

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