“AMA: Tom Ough, Senior Editor at UnHerd, Author of ‘The Anti-Catastrophe League’” by Toby Tremlett🔹

Tom will answer the questions in the comments between 7 and 9 pm UK time on August 6th.

Tom Ough is a Senior Editor at UnHerd, co-host of the Anglofuturism podcast, and the author of a new book, ‘The Anti-Catastrophe League’. For the last few years, he has been writing in a range of publications about global catastrophic risks, and (sometimes relatedly) how Britain can prosper by adopting new technologies. Previously, he worked as a journalist at The Telegraph, where he wrote for nearly seven years.

You can see more of his articles on his website, and a few of his most EA-flavoured pieces below:

• Earth scientists are playing with fire: Can the climate be re-engineered?
• Could AI make the next pandemic deadlier?
• Watt lies beneath: geothermal energy

Recently, Tom published The Anti-Catastrophe League, a book profiling the individuals and organisations working to reduce global catastrophic risks. For [...]

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Outline:

(01:23) The Anti-Catastrophe League

(06:30) What might you ask Tom?

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First published:

July 31st, 2025

Source:

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/s2T6dSXuFAwsLtShC/ama-tom-ough-senior-editor-at-unherd-author-of-the-anti

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