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Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity Institute

TagLast edit: Apr 17, 2024, 3:56 PM by Ben Millwood🔸

The Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) was a multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford studying big picture questions for human civilization. It was founded in 2005 by Nick Bostrom, who was also its Director until the institute shut down in April 2024.

Funding

As of July 2022, FHI has received over $20 million in grants from Open Philanthropy,[1] and nearly $250,000 the Survival and Flourishing Fund.[2]

External links

Post-shutdown website: Future of Humanity Institute

Original website was https://​​www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/​​ but it seems like there’s not much still there.

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  1. ^

    Open Philanthropy (2022) Grants database: Future of Humanity Institute, Open Philanthropy.

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    Survival and Flourishing Fund (2019) SFF-2020-H2 S-process recommendations announcement, Survival and Flourishing Fund.

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22 points
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