Émile P. Torres

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Émile P. Torres

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Émile P. Torres is a philosopher and historian whose work focuses on existential threats to civilization and humanity, and the author of Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation. @xriskology

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Émile P. Torres
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