Ord, Toby, 1979-
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Name (Latin)
Ord, Toby, 1979-
Date of birth
1979-07-18
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Beyond action, 2009:t.p. (Toby Ord; Balliol Coll., Christ Church, Univ. of Oxford; D.Phil. thesis) thesis cat. inf. form (Toby David Godfrey Ord; b. Jul. 18, 1979)
Wikipedia description:
Toby David Godfrey Ord (born July 1979) is an Australian philosopher. In 2009 he founded Giving What We Can, an international society whose members pledge to donate at least 10% of their income to effective charities, and is a key figure in the effective altruism movement, which promotes using reason and evidence to help the lives of others as much as possible. He was a senior research fellow at Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute, where his work focused on existential risk. His book on the subject, The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity, was published in March 2020.
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