Introducing Better Futures

Abstract

Suppose we want the future to go better. What should we do? Introduction to the “Better Futures” essay series. This essay series will argue that work on Flourishing is in the same ballpark of priority as work on Surviving. The basic case for this appeals to the scale, neglectedness and tractability of the two problems, where I think that Flourishing has greater scale and neglectedness, but probably lower tractability. This section informally states the argument; the supplement (“The Basic Case for Better Futures”) makes the case with more depth and precision.