Future of Humanity Institute

Surfaces in Historical Futurism - Research as one of the institutional anchors Kyle collects for the Historical Futurism essay — listed alongside the Institute For The Future and the RAND Corporation as organizations that have formally tried to study and forecast the long-term future. In the research notes it sits in the cluster of Forecasting / Futurology reference points (saved via its Wikipedia entry), tagged to the broader theme of treating the future as a serious object of study rather than mere speculation.

Context: The Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) was a multidisciplinary research center at the University of Oxford, founded in 2005 and directed by philosopher Nick Bostrom, focused on existential risk, the long-term trajectory of civilization, and the implications of advanced technologies including AI. It closed in April 2024.

Where this appears

• Historical Futurism - Research — listed as a futures-research institution (with the Institute For The Future and RAND Corporation) feeding the Historical Futurism essay.