“Better Futures Discussion Thread: With Fin Moorhouse” by Toby Tremlett🔹, finm
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This week, we are highlighting Forethought's Better Futures series. 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 about the series. 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, about any part of the series. 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. --- First published: April 20th, 2026 Source: --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO .
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