[ExI] Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University has closed down

[efc at swisscows.email]

I think he probably needs to find himself a good, old billionaire with 
transhumanist leanings, and he should be able to extract some money to get 
a new institute going! =)

Best regards,
Daniel


On Fri, 26 Apr 2024, Kelly Anderson via extropy-chat wrote:

> This is absolutely terrible news in my opinion. We need this sort of
> thinking more and more right now. To have less of this line of thought
> going forward is terrifying. They were always a good place for
> documentary filmmakers to get pushed in a good direction it seemed.
>
> -Kelly
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 1:08 PM efc--- via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>> Interesting. I think Boström has gotten quite a lot of exposure recently,
>> but apparently not enough to keep the money flowing.
>>
>> I wonder if he will just recede back into the philosophy department or if
>> he'll start a new organization with new backers?
>>
>> On Thu, 18 Apr 2024, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:
>>
>> > Established in 2005, initially for a 3-year period, the Future of
>> > Humanity Institute was a multidisciplinary research group at Oxford
>> > University.  It was founded by Prof Nick Bostrom.
>> >
>> > <https://www.futureofhumanityinstitute.org/>
>> >
>> > Quote:
>> > Over time FHI faced increasing administrative headwinds within the
>> > Faculty of Philosophy (the Institute’s organizational home).  Starting
>> > in 2020, the Faculty imposed a freeze on fundraising and hiring.  In
>> > late 2023, the Faculty of Philosophy decided that the contracts of the
>> > remaining FHI staff would not be renewed.  On 16 April 2024, the
>> > Institute was closed down.
>> > ---------------
>> >
>> > BillK
>> >
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