Émile P. Torres
Philosopher and historian of human extinction. Published a book defending existential-risk reduction in 2017, then became the most-cited critic of longtermism, the view that the overriding moral priority is fulfilling humanity's long-term potential.
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Believed beforeby their own account
Their words, looking backI believe this needs to change because, as a former longtermist who published an entire book four years ago in defence of the general idea, I have come to see this worldview as quite possibly the most dangerous secular belief system in the world today.
Nowsaid
Our readingNo longer believes this.
Their wordsLongtermism might, in other words, be incompatible with the attainment of ‘existential security’, meaning that the only way to genuinely reduce the probability of extinction or collapse in the future might be to abandon the longtermist ideology entirely.