The philosopher Toby Ord, fears that humanity is rushing into its extinction. He believes that the destruction of our civilization could come in this century if we do not do more to avoid it. He is one of the researchers working at the Institute for the Future of Humanity (IFH), a research centre at the University of Oxford founded to give answers to the great questions about the future of our species. In his latest book, The Precipice (2020) he reminds us that with the advent of nuclear weapons, humanity entered a new age, where we face existential catastrophes - those from which we could never come back. Since then, these dangers have only multiplied, from climate change to engineered pathogens and artificial intelligence. If we do not act fast to reach a place of safety, it will soon be too late. Ord is making clear what steps we must take to ensure that our generation is not the last and how ending these risks is among the most pressing moral issues of our time. He points the way