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#26 – Thomas Moynihan on the History of Existential Risk

Mar 23, 2021
02:14:39
Podcast: Hear This Idea
Episode: #26 – Thomas Moynihan on the History of Existential Risk
Release date: 2021-03-22

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Thomas Moynihan is a writer and researcher interested in the history of ideas surrounding existential risk and human flourishing. He completed a PhD on the history of human extinction, and currently works with Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute. His most recent book is called X-Risk: How Humanity Discovered Its Own Extinction.

You can read much more about the topics we cover in this episode in our accompanying write-up: hearthisidea.com/episodes/thomas. It's not a transcript!

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