The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity runs 8.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Toby Ord (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.2 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,885 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity is an audiobook by Toby Ord: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Toby Ord, released March 24, 2020, on the Social Science and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Toby Ord
- Released
- March 24, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781980073956
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity as an audiobook?
The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity?
The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity is narrated by Toby Ord.