Fin Moorhouse - Longtermism, Space, & Entrepreneurship

Fin Moorhouse is a Research Scholar and assistant to Toby Ord at Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute. He is the cohost of the Hear This Idea Podcast. Learn about Fin, the blog prize, Hear This Idea Podcast: https://www.finmoorhouse.com/ Podcast website: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/fin-moorhouse Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3cCQQbD Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3vi2XS5 Follow me: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp Follow Fin: https://twitter.com/finmoorhouse Timestamps: 0:00:00 Preview 0:01:04 Introduction 0:03:39 EA Prizes & Criticism 0:10:41 Longtermism 0:13:46 Improving Mental Models 0:21:44 EA & Profit vs Nonprofit Entrepreneurship 0:31:40 Backtesting EA 0:36:48 EA Billionares 0:39:26 EA Decisions & Many Worlds Interpretation 0:51:40 EA Talent Search 0:53:32 EA & Encouraging Youth 1:00:11 Long Reflection 1:04:50 Long Term Coordination 1:22:00 On Podcasting 1:24:34 Audiobooks Imitating Conversation 1:27:58 Underappreciated Podcasting Skills 1:39:02 Space Governance 1:43:03 Space Safety & 1st Principles 1:47:38 Von Neuman Probes 1:51:06 Space Race & First Strike 1:52:39 Space Colonization & AI 1:57:30 Building a Startup 2:00:02 What is EA Underrating? 2:11:01 EA Career Steps 2:16:10 Closing Remarks

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Jul 27, 20222h 20mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: July 27, 2022
Duration: 2h 20m
Channel: Dwarkesh Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Fin Moorhouse is a Research Scholar and assistant to Toby Ord at Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute. He is the cohost of the Hear This Idea Podcast. Learn about Fin, the blog prize, Hear This Idea Podcast: https://www.finmoorhouse.com/ Podcast website: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/fin-moorhouse Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3cCQQbD Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3vi2XS5 Follow me: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp Follow Fin: https://twitter.com/finmoorhouse Timestamps: 0:00:00 Preview 0:01:04 Introduction 0:03:39 EA Prizes & Criticism 0:10:41 Longtermism 0:13:46 Improving Mental Models 0:21:44 EA & Profit vs Nonprofit Entrepreneurship 0:31:40 Backtesting EA 0:36:48 EA Billionares 0:39:26 EA Decisions & Many Worlds Interpretation 0:51:40 EA Talent Search 0:53:32 EA & Encouraging Youth 1:00:11 Long Reflection 1:04:50 Long Term Coordination 1:22:00 On Podcasting 1:24:34 Audiobooks Imitating Conversation 1:27:58 Underappreciated Podcasting Skills 1:39:02 Space Governance 1:43:03 Space Safety & 1st Principles 1:47:38 Von Neuman Probes 1:51:06 Space Race & First Strike 1:52:39 Space Colonization & AI 1:57:30 Building a Startup 2:00:02 What is EA Underrating? 2:11:01 EA Career Steps 2:16:10 Closing Remarks

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Fin Moorhouse
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Dwarkesh Patel
host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Dwarkesh Podcast, featuring Fin Moorhouse and Dwarkesh Patel, Fin Moorhouse - Longtermism, Space, & Entrepreneurship explores longtermism, criticism, and space: Finn Moorhouse on fixing the future Finn Moorhouse discusses his path into effective altruism (EA), the importance of being radically open to criticism, and new prize initiatives to incentivize both EA-aligned writing and robust critiques of the movement.

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