Jonny Thomson on Instagram: "The biologist Edward Wilson argued that the trouble with humans is that we have Paleolithic emotions, with medieval institutions, and godlike technology. And in this week’s Mini Philosophy newsletter, Toby Ord argues that the problem isn’t theoretical, it’s existential. In his book Precipice, Ord argues that we’ve reached a turning point. For 300,000 years, we were powerless, yet safe. Yes, nature would kill us off, and we would kill each other, over and over again,