existential hope Podcast

We ask experts in various fields to describe what a positive future looks like to them, and how they believe their work can help humanity reach their vision.

Fin Moorhouse | Why We Need to Aim Higher Than Survival

Sam Arbesman | On Vibe Coding, AI, and the Magic of Code

Pablos Holman | On Creating Technology That Actually Matters

Andrew White | Building an AI Scientist to Automate Discovery

Anthony Aguirre | Tools or Agents? Choosing Our AI Future

Autonomous Vehicles Special: Andrew Miller on Self-Driving Futures

Michael Nielsen on Hyper-entities, Tools for Thought, and Wise Optimism

Jim O'Shaughnessy | On Investing in Infinite Human Potential

Mary Lou Jepsen | A Handheld Device to Defeat Cancer

Ed Finn | How Science Fiction Can Inspire Real-World Innovation

Niklas Lundblad | How AI Can Accelerate Science & Its Own Adoption

David Baker | Using AI for Science to Solve Humanity's Biggest Problems

Eric Gilliam | What history can teach us about doing better science

Aaron Stupple | Raising kids for an unknown future

Clay Routledge | Why meaning and agency matter now more than ever

Steven Pinker | On why the future looks better than you think

Ada Palmer | On How Speculative Worlds Can Help Us Demand A Better Future

Allison Duettmann & Beatrice Erkers | A Vision of Existential Hope for the New Year

Adam Marblestone | Solving Science’s Biggest Gaps

Dr Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston | The Future Loves You

Eli Dourado | On Accelerating Progress

Existential Hope Hackathon Winners | The Flourishing Foundation

Kristian Rönn | The Darwinian Trap That Explains Our World

Foresight Fellow Special | Siméon Campos: On Governing AI for Good

Foresight Fellow Special | Amanda Ngo: Innovating With AI for Wellbeing

James Pethokoukis | Conservatism Meets Futurism

Roman Yampolskiy | The Case for Narrow AI

Worldbuilding special: 3rd place | FloraTech

Worldbuilding special: 2nd place | Rising Choir

Worldbuilding Special: 1st Place | Cities of Orare

Stuart Buck | What is Good Science?

Hannu Rajaniemi | On being a sci-fi author and biotech entrepreneur

David Pearce | A Future without Suffering

Danielle Strachman | Education, Agency, and the Ability to Experiment

Gus Docker | Beyond Survival: Envisioning A Technologically Enhanced Utopia

Jason Crawford | Progress: An Ever-Evolving Journey

Trent McConaghy | From Starships to Tokens: Pioneering Futures

Existential Hope Special: Six Hopeful Visions of the Future

Emilia Javorsky | The Future of AI, Bioengineering, and Human Empathy

Joe Carlsmith | On Infinite Ethics, Utopia, and AI

Liv Boeree | Game Theory, Moloch & Our Hopeful Future

Daron Acemoglu | New Paths For Human-Technology Synergy

Sara Walker | Unraveling Life's Beginnings with the Cosmic Perspective

Kevin Kelly | Pioneering Visions of a High-Tech Future

David Deutsch | On Beauty, Knowledge, and Progress

Anders Sandberg | Grand Futures & The Post-Human Coral Reef

Lee Cronin | Catalyzing Progress through Chemistry

David Leigh | Exploring the possibilities of nanotechnology

Adam Brown | A Theoretical Physicist's Take on the Future

Robin Hanson | On Futurism & His Best Career Advice

Creon Levit | On the edge of space technology

Richard Mallah | How Aligned AI Could Help Us Create A Flourishing Future

Morgan Levine | On the Future of Aging

Anthony Aguirre & Anna Yelizarova | On Worldbuilding

Chiara Marletto | The Science of Can & Can’t

Christine Peterson | On a Positive Turning Point for Human Longevity