Free Download Should We Go Extinct?: A Philosophical Dilemma for Our Unbearable Times (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CR56VN32 | 2024 | 4 hours and 23 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 245 MB
Author: Todd May, Michael Schur
Narrator: Michael Schur, Sean Patrick Hopkins
Should we bring new humans into the world? Or would it be better off without us? A renowned philosopher and advisor to NBC’s The Good Place offers a thoughtful exploration of humanity’s future-or lack thereof. These days it’s harder than ever to watch TV, scroll social media, or even just sit at home looking out of the window without contemplating the question at the heart of philosopher Todd May’s Should We Go Extinct? Facing climate destruction and the revived specter of nuclear annihilation even as humans continue to cause untold suffering to our fellow creatures on planet Earth, we are forced each day to contemplate whether the world would be better off in our absence. In this timely, fascinating examination, May, a renowned philosopher and advisor to the acclaimed TV show The Good Place, reasons both for and against the continuation of our species, trying to help us understand how and whether, the positive and negative tallies of the human ledger are comparable, and what conclusions we might draw about ourselves and our future from doing so.
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