Toby Ord
b. 1979
“The Precipice — humanity's long future as a moral category.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TRTrust in Reason7 / 10
- TETrust in Experience7 / 10
- TDTheoretical Drive7 / 10
- UIUniversalist Impulse7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Hilary GreavesFORGE
Longtermism — present obligations to vast possible futures.
- Imre LakatosCARTOGRAPHER
Research programs — science between Popper's edge and Kuhn's communities.
- Nick BostromCARTOGRAPHER
Superintelligence — existential risk from misaligned optimization.
- Jeff McMahanCARTOGRAPHER
Ethics of Killing — moral status across the boundary cases of life.
- Max WeberFORGE
Protestant Ethic — the iron cage of disenchanted rationality.
- Robert BrandomCARTOGRAPHER
Making It Explicit — meaning as inferential commitment in social space.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Toby Ord's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Toby Ord or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREToby Ord vs Hilary GreavesOn Mull's map Hilary Greaves sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶