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SUMMARY:Phil Torres: When Did We Realize That We Could Die Out? A Look at 
 the Origin and Evolution of the Idea of Human Extinction - Phil Torres
DTSTART:20190603T143000Z
DTEND:20190603T160000Z
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CONTACT:Clare Arnstein
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 \n\nA number of scholars in the emerging field of existential risk studies
  have wondered why so little academic work has to date focused on human ex
 tinction. One answer is that the idea of human extinction is a fairly rece
 nt addition to our shared library of concepts.\n\nIn this presentation\, w
 hich borrows from a forthcoming book titled A Brief History of Human Extin
 ction\, Phil will outline a theory of why the idea took shape when it did 
 and explore its development from the pre-Socratics to the present. He will
  also offer some cautionary remarks about the future of this idea in a wor
 ld increasingly cluttered with unprecedented risks to our survival.\n\n*Ab
 out the speaker*\n\nPhil Torres is a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for
  the Study of Existential Risk. He's published widely on existential risk 
 issues\, focusing on topics such as the ethics of human extinction\, exist
 ence of "omnicidal agents\," and dangers associated with colonizing space.
  His most recent book is called Morality\, Foresight\, and Human Flourishi
 ng: An Introduction to Existential Risks. It includes a foreword by Lord M
 artin Rees and endorsements from Peter Singer\, Rachel Bronson\, Ray Kurzw
 eil\, and George Church.\n\nMore information on the Centre for the Study o
 f Existential Risk can be found on our website "www.cser.ac.uk":https://ww
 w.cser.ac.uk/\n\n_This talk is supported by the Hauser-Raspe Workshop Seri
 es at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk._
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science\
 , Free School Lane\, Cambridge
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