This week, we are highlighting Forethought’s Better Futures series. To make the future go better, we can either work to avoid near-term catastrophes like human extinction or improve the futures where we survive. This series from Forethought explores that second option.
Fin Moorhouse (@finm), who authored two chapters in the series (Convergence and Compromise, and No Easy Eutopia) along with @William_MacAskill, has agreed to answer a few of your questions.
You can read (and comment) on the full series on the Forum. In order, the chapters are:
Leave your questions and comments below. Note that Fin isn’t committing to answer every question, and if you see someone else’s question you can answer, you’re free to.
Better Futures Discussion Thread: With Fin Moorhouse
This week, we are highlighting Forethought’s Better Futures series. To make the future go better, we can either work to avoid near-term catastrophes like human extinction or improve the futures where we survive. This series from Forethought explores that second option.
Fin Moorhouse (@finm), who authored two chapters in the series (Convergence and Compromise, and No Easy Eutopia) along with @William_MacAskill, has agreed to answer a few of your questions.
You can read (and comment) on the full series on the Forum. In order, the chapters are:
Introducing Better Futures
No Easy Eutopia
Convergence and Compromise
Persistent Path-Dependence
How to Make the Future Better
Supplement: The Basic Case for Better futures
Leave your questions and comments below. Note that Fin isn’t committing to answer every question, and if you see someone else’s question you can answer, you’re free to.