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A review by novelfables
The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity by Toby Ord
4.0
There are a lot of ideas and bits from history that hit hard, but I feel like the delivery of this book was a bit drawn out and dragged a bit with the repetitiveness of statistics. I wish it would have had more applicational approaches to how we as individuals can help, but there are some resources at the end of the book, and after all, how can one dude tell us how to save humanity? At least it tells us where to focus our resources and energy for the most impact.
That said, it's an important read for humanity and sparked a lot of thoughts. Even though many of those thoughts are grim, it can take my four stars for simply spreading awareness about the importance of empathy for humanity, not just for near generations, but for humanity thousands of years or more from now.
Living in a world driven by consumerism and the constant desire to get the next dopamine hit to feed individual wants, the mentality of "Who cares if I won't be here to see it?" makes me wonder if we even stand a chance.
That said, it's an important read for humanity and sparked a lot of thoughts. Even though many of those thoughts are grim, it can take my four stars for simply spreading awareness about the importance of empathy for humanity, not just for near generations, but for humanity thousands of years or more from now.
Living in a world driven by consumerism and the constant desire to get the next dopamine hit to feed individual wants, the mentality of "Who cares if I won't be here to see it?" makes me wonder if we even stand a chance.