Phil Torres
Biographic Data
| ID | 4010013 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Phil Torres |
| GIVEN NAMES | Phil |
| FAMILY NAME | Torres |
| SIGNATURE | TORRES P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for the Future |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Assessing climate change’s contribution to global catastrophic risk
The future of war
Can anti-natalists oppose human extinction? The harm-benefit asymmetry, person-uploading, and human enhancement
This article outlines a novel philosophical position according to which people can (a) value the continued survival of humanity, and (b) oppose procreation on moral grounds. While these two propositions may appear contradictory, they need not be: life-extension technologies could enable members of a “final” human generation to live indefinitely long lives and, therefore, to avoid biological extinction. I call this position no-extinction anti-nata…
Long-term trajectories of human civilization
Purpose: This paper formalizes long-term trajectories of human civilization as a scientific and ethical field of study. The long-term trajectory of human civilization can be defined as the path that human civilization takes during the entire future time period in which human civilization could continue to exist. Approach: We focus on four types of trajectories: status quo trajectories, in which human civilization persists in a state broadly simil…
Space colonization and suffering risks
Agential risks and information hazards
Assessing climate change’s contribution to global catastrophic risk
Long-term trajectories of human civilization
Purpose: This paper formalizes long-term trajectories of human civilization as a scientific and ethical field of study. The long-term trajectory of human civilization can be defined as the path that human civilization takes during the entire future time period in which human civilization could continue to exist. Approach: We focus on four types of trajectories: status quo trajectories, in which human civilization persists in a state broadly simil…
Space colonization and suffering risks
Can anti-natalists oppose human extinction? The harm-benefit asymmetry, person-uploading, and human enhancement
This article outlines a novel philosophical position according to which people can (a) value the continued survival of humanity, and (b) oppose procreation on moral grounds. While these two propositions may appear contradictory, they need not be: life-extension technologies could enable members of a “final” human generation to live indefinitely long lives and, therefore, to avoid biological extinction. I call this position no-extinction anti-nata…
Agential risks and information hazards
Space colonization and suffering risks
Agential risks and information hazards
Long-term trajectories of human civilization
Purpose: This paper formalizes long-term trajectories of human civilization as a scientific and ethical field of study. The long-term trajectory of human civilization can be defined as the path that human civilization takes during the entire future time period in which human civilization could continue to exist. Approach: We focus on four types of trajectories: status quo trajectories, in which human civilization persists in a state broadly simil…
The future of war
Can anti-natalists oppose human extinction? The harm-benefit asymmetry, person-uploading, and human enhancement
This article outlines a novel philosophical position according to which people can (a) value the continued survival of humanity, and (b) oppose procreation on moral grounds. While these two propositions may appear contradictory, they need not be: life-extension technologies could enable members of a “final” human generation to live indefinitely long lives and, therefore, to avoid biological extinction. I call this position no-extinction anti-nata…
Assessing climate change’s contribution to global catastrophic risk
Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (4 works) · Law and economics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer security (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works)