Editing David Pearce (philosopher) (section)

==Humanity+ and other roles==
In 1998, Pearce co-founded the World Transhumanist Association, known from 2008 as [[Humanity+]], with [[Nick Bostrom]].<ref name=Bostrom2005p15/> Pearce is a member of the board of advisors.<ref>[http://humanityplus.org/about/advisors/ "Advisors"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513004808/http://humanityplus.org/about/advisors/ |date=13 May 2020 }}, Humanity+.</ref>

Currently, Pearce is a fellow of the [[Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Fellows - IEET|url=https://ieet.org/fellows/|publisher=Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies}}</ref> and sits on the futurist advisory board of the [[Lifeboat Foundation]].<ref>[http://lifeboat.com/ex/boards Advisory boards], Lifeboat Foundation.</ref> He is also the director of bioethics of Invincible Wellbeing<ref>{{Cite web|title=Team|url=https://www.invinciblewellbeing.com/staff|url-status=live|access-date=23 May 2021|website=Invincible Wellbeing|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123072435/https://www.invinciblewellbeing.com/staff |archive-date=23 January 2021 }}</ref> and is on the advisory boards of the Center on Long-Term Risk,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Team - Center on Long-Term Risk|url=https://longtermrisk.org/team/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511030126/https://longtermrisk.org/team/|archive-date=11 May 2021|access-date=11 July 2021|website=Center on Long-Term Risk}}</ref> the Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering<ref>{{Cite web|title=Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering (OPIS)|url=https://www.preventsuffering.org/|url-status=live|access-date=23 May 2021|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420002735/http://www.preventsuffering.org:80/ |archive-date=20 April 2017 }}</ref> and since 2021 the [[Qualia Research Institute]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Zuckerman|first=Andrew|date=25 January 2021|title=Qualia Research Institute: History & 2021 Strategy|url=https://www.qualiaresearchinstitute.org/blog/history-and-2021-strategy|url-status=live|access-date=23 May 2021|website=Qualia Research Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126112145/https://www.qualiaresearchinstitute.org/blog/history-and-2021-strategy |archive-date=26 January 2021 }}</ref>

Until 2013, Pearce was on the editorial advisory board of the controversial and non-[[peer-review]]ed journal ''[[Medical Hypotheses]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Medical Hypotheses'' Editorial Advisory Board, 2013|url=http://www.journals.elsevier.com/medical-hypotheses/editorial-board/ |work=Medical Hypotheses|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626004654/http://www.journals.elsevier.com/medical-hypotheses/editorial-board |archive-date=26 June 2013}}</ref> He has been interviewed by ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' (Germany) and on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[The Moral Maze]]'', among others.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Niermann, Ingo|title=Mehr Rausch für alle |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=5 April 2007 |url=https://hedweb.com/hedethic/vanity-fair1.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037v4gd|title=The Pursuit of Happiness|date=7 August 2013|publisher=The Moral Maze. BBC Radio 4|at=from 00:11:13}}</ref>

Pearce currently serves as an advisory board member for Herbivorize Predators,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://www.herbivorizepredators.org/who-we-are |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=Herbivorize Predators}}</ref> an organization whose mission is to discover how to transform carnivorous animals into herbivorous ones in order to minimize suffering across all species.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smyth |first=Richard |date=2023-04-12 |title=Why we need to be honest with children about the brutality of nature |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25834342-600-why-we-need-to-be-honest-with-children-about-the-brutality-of-nature/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=[[New Scientist]] |language=en-US}}</ref>