Existential Hope
Foresight Institute, Donnacha Fitzgerald, Keith Patarroyo, Ava, Sidh Sikka, Existential Hope, James O'Malley, Alex PlesaExploring evidence-based paths to ambitious futures. Focusing on what’s possible with emerging science and technology, and on how people can help build a better world. An initiative of the Foresight Institute.
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The most powerful computer in the universe has never had a blueprint. We are making one now.
In the Existential Hope in Practice essay series, our fellows write about concrete ideas and practical examples of how to build a great future.
The most powerful computer in the universe has never had a blueprint. We are making on...
The boring revolution humanity needs most
New podcast episode
Changing the hidden rules of society
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In this episode, we talk with Indy Johar, founder of Dark Matter Labs, whose team is exploring how we could radically reorganize society t...
A Brief History of Saving the World
Below is the full text of a lightning talk Ada Palmer gave at The Curve in October 2026.
Ada is a historian at the University of Chicago and the author of the Hugo-nominated sci-fi series Terra Ignota and Inventing the Renaissance. You can...
Should we choose politicians at random?
New podcast episode
Our democracy is Aristotle’s oligarchy
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In this episode, we speak with Jeremy Lent, tech CEO turned author, about the idea behind his new book Ecocivilization: how we can redes...
An AI powered government is already being built where you wouldn't expect
We’re commissioning writers we admire from outside the usual AI conversation to reflect on one question: what future with AI would they actually want?
We’ve spent a lot of energy imagining how AI might go wrong, and far less on what going...
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