As 2019 is coming to an end and the opportunities of 2020 begin to emerge, it's a great time to reflect on the past year and our reasons for hope in the year to come. We spend much of our time on this podcast discussing risks that will possibly lead to the extinction or the permanent and drastic curtailing of the potential of Earth-originating intelligent life. While this is important and useful, much has been done at FLI and in the broader world to address these issues in service of the common good. It can be skillful to reflect on this progress to see how far we've come, to develop hope for the future, and to map out our path ahead. This podcast is a special end of the year episode focused on meeting and introducing the FLI team, discussing what we've accomplished and are working on, and sharing our feelings and reasons for existential hope going into 2020 and beyond.

Topics discussed include:

-Introductions to the FLI team and our work

-Motivations for our projects and existential risk mitigation efforts

-The goals and outcomes of our work

-Our favorite projects at FLI in 2019

-Optimistic directions for projects in 2020

-Reasons for existential hope going into 2020 and beyond

You can find the page and transcript for this podcast here: https://futureoflife.org/2019/12/27/existential-hope-in-2020-and-beyond-with-the-fli-team/

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:30 Meeting the Future of Life Institute team

18:30 Motivations for our projects and work at FLI

30:04 What we strive to result from our work at FLI

44:44 Favorite accomplishments of FLI in 2019

01:06:20 Project directions we are most excited about for 2020

01:19:43 Reasons for existential hope in 2020 and beyond

01:38:30 Outro